Greetings, BG!
Long story cut short, managed to find a JP 60GB PS3 which I'm exchanging with my other one, lucky so far.
Thanks to the insightful comment of a friend I found out that US/JP consoles tend not to work (meaning their circuits melt or something, they blow up) when plugged into sockets in Germany due to the fact that we've got 220V (or was it 230V?) instead of 110V running through our electricity networks over here.
Seeing how I'm not exactly keen on watching hundreds of dollars experience a meltdown in my room I read up a bit on the subject in question and found out that PS3's have a universal power supply, meaning that I can plug them in anywhere without them catching fire.
Naturally, this would be too easy and thus I also happened to read that the oldest PS3's do not have this useful feature.
Unfortunately, this would also seem to include at least a part of the JP 60 GB PS3's. The problem is, the seller does not know whether his one has a universal power supply and, not being too handy when it comes to handcrafts myself (think I scarred my dog for life trying to repair my bike), I don't really want to open it either to check the power supply itself.
What my question boils down to is whether old 60GB PS3 models really do not have a universal power supply and, if they don't, how do I find out whether my PS3 has one or not, aside from opening it and checking what's written on the power supply?
Should it come down to it I'll just buy a step-down converter (one that won't melt, that is) and live happily ever after, but, considering that I could save some money, I'd rather ask for advice first.
Thank you very much in advance for any helpful advice!