Colin, whether by luck, or otherwise, all the 110 items I brought have the ground prong on them. So they wouldn't work with any of the 220v i have in the house. So that saves that. Even the electronics I brought use that 3rd prong. So it will be more likely that they may try using a 220 appliance on one of the 110 outlets, than the other way around.
That said, I do see the same kitchenaid appliances I bought even here in little catarman, let alone probably much easier to find in Manila. So what yous said is also a good idea with the transformers. Probably smart in fact for the electronics even if not using it for the 110. Tina's family has lost 2 tvs to the surges the local power grid experiences. Their last one a nice LED tv.
hitecountry,
I am not 100% correct on the way i described it. Basically, the way he runs it is a box at the wires coming into the house, but then for each circuit, he runs the wire from the box to an "inline" breaker with it's own recepticle box. With a big switch. I have a problem with these breakers. Not anything I myself have ever experienced, the German near where I live had that style wiring done in his house when it was built. He said water go into one line and sparks flew everywhere for about 4 minutes. He was on the other side of house and thought it was his son playing a game. Point being, the breaker never popped. Maybe he had a bad breaker, I don't know. But it does concern me having a 220 wire hit water, pop and shoot flame out of the outlet, and the breaker doesn't pop. I much rather go with a 12-16 line electrical box.
Hope that clears it up.