power adapters for england - TravelPUNK Backpacker College Student Budget Travel Message Boards!



Go Back   TravelPUNK Backpacker College Student Budget Travel Message Boards! > Members Lounge > General Travel Tips, Education, Advice > Technology Inc.

Technology Inc. Go-Go-Gadget Arm! All things from the 21st century that are suppose to make our trips and lives a little easier

Raileurope.com: See Europe by train
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-10-2005, 06:01 PM   #1
illiniluv85
Members
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Hey guys,
I am studying abroad next year in England and plan on bringing my iPod and digital camera. The chargers obviously won't work in the electrical sockets over there, so can I buy some kind of adapter?
illiniluv85 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-10-2005, 06:31 PM   #2
space virgin
Yoda
 
space virgin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Hell
Posts: 5,506
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

There are two things going on here. First of all, the plugs themselves are different. But so is the voltage. It's possible that your ipod or camera battery charger already have dual/multi voltage. US runs on 110 v and over there it's 220-240 v, I think. It should say on the device what the voltage range is. Plug adapters are cheap and easy. You can pick them up for less than 5 bucks just about anywhere that sells travel stuff.
__________________
Various bloggings (Version 2.0)
space virgin is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-10-2005, 10:41 PM   #3
omisan
Minister of Offense
 
omisan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: San Fran Disco
Posts: 6,528
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Send a message via AIM to omisan Send a message via Yahoo to omisan
Default

The iPod power brick is definitely multi-voltage. No need to get a converter.

Your camera cable is 99.999% likely to be multi-voltage as well.

Like SV said - check the label to see the voltage range. If there's no sticker, the rule of thumb is that if the plug goes through a brick or has a fat end, it's got a transformer built into it. Unless it's a hairdryer. Do NOT use a single-voltage hair dryer in the wrong plug.
__________________
¿Donde esta Omid? Omi-san wa doko desuka? Ou est Omid? Wo ist Omid?

Find out @ http://omidabroad.blogspot.com

omisan is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply






Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Travel Power Adapters FAQ Joker Technology Inc. 14 08-12-2008 09:48 PM
power convertors d_fresh Technology Inc. 6 08-18-2004 02:37 PM
Grrl power my retro career General Discussions 4 07-30-2004 06:14 AM
power outlets in oz beeltee Australia/NZ/S Pac. 2 03-03-2004 11:04 PM


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 10:55 PM.



 

Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0 (Unregistered)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121