Not kinky at all, unless you're into that sort of thing...

It was a US Xbox that I brought home to Ireland. I tried running it on Irish mains, using an industrial transformer and a plug adaptor. Unfortunately the poor little power brick was not prepared for the massive surge when the traffo came on... Blue smoke and that wonderful burnt out electronics smell.

But, I called Microsoft in the UK, re-registered the serial number with them and 1 week later, they had sent me the new power brick, free of charge. Didn't even have to pay postage.