I'm gonna be in England for 6 months and for 1 month be traveling all around Europe. What kinda electricity converter do I need to use my laptop or recharge my digicam or ipod??

For your laptop you will need a voltage converter. Make sure you get one of these or you'll fry your laptop!! Pop into any RadioShack and they'll know what you want. Probably run you in about $30-$50.

Ipod & Camera chargers already have the voltage converter built in, so you'll just need an adpater for the plug. They are usually really cheap, about $5-10. And look like this:

http://www.radioshack.ca/images/Radi...9/2977051l.jpg

Mmm, actually, you probably won't need a voltage converter for your laptop. Look at its power brick on the AC cord and see the voltage rating on it. Usually they're like other electronics, rated for 110~220V, which means you'll just need the plug adapter.

Well I guess worst case, take your laptop to your radio shack and plop that thing on the counter and tell them you want to know if you have to convert it.

so much for me trying to be "Mr.Electronics" :crap:

so does this mean i just wasted $20 on a converter for my digicam?

my laptop ac adapter says 100v-240v. That good enough???

Deadguy: yup
Bakwoi: yup

You generally only need voltage converters for appliances like hair dryers and larger fixed things (TVs, stereos, desktop comps) that don't have a transformer built into the power line... but then, a lot of hair dryers and computer power supplies even have 110/220 switches on them now. It's cheaper for the manufacturers to make one model that works in all their markets, so the only thing that's different is the plug.