Adapter for UK Thread poster: Ventnai
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Ventnai 
Spain
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Hi
I'll be going to the UK next month and will be taking my laptop. I normally use it in Spain and Germany, but have never taken it to the UK. I'll be using it to work. Do I need a special adapter to ensure it is protected?
Thanks
Ian
| | | | Ralf Lemster
Germany
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Hi Ian,
You will need an adaptor to connect to BS 1363 sockets.
Do I need a special adapter to ensure it is protected?
Not sure what you're referring to here - what sort of protection were you thinking of?
Best, Ralf
| | | | Ventnai
Spain
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TOPIC STARTER
Hi Ralf
Thanks for your answer.
This is the first time I am taking a laptop to the UK. I was really wondering if I needed a special adapter, not just a standard one, to make sure the correct current type or voltage is used. I have used to standard adapters for years, of course, but my father once informed me I was using the wrong adapter for AC electrical equipment - he was an electrician at one time, but doesn't know anything about computers. I just want to make sure I... See more Hi Ralf
Thanks for your answer.
This is the first time I am taking a laptop to the UK. I was really wondering if I needed a special adapter, not just a standard one, to make sure the correct current type or voltage is used. I have used to standard adapters for years, of course, but my father once informed me I was using the wrong adapter for AC electrical equipment - he was an electrician at one time, but doesn't know anything about computers. I just want to make sure I'm not going to do anything wrong and ruin my laptop.
Thanks
Ian ▲ Collapse
| | | | Ralf Lemster
Germany
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| Same voltage - different plugs and sockets | Jan 4, 2009 |
Hi again,
There's no voltage difference (mind you, most modern laptops should work with anything between 100V and 240V), but the plugs are different.
HTH, Ralf
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As Ralf said, the UK uses the same voltage and *frequency*, so you need not worry. If you have a number of devices you are taking along (mobile phone, laptop, electric shaver, whatever), you might want to take along a plug bar from your country and just use the adapter on it. Since I have a bad tendency to lose small bits of equipment, once I simply replaced the power plug on an multiplug bar with the local version. Adapters should be available for a few euros in your local electronics specialty... See more As Ralf said, the UK uses the same voltage and *frequency*, so you need not worry. If you have a number of devices you are taking along (mobile phone, laptop, electric shaver, whatever), you might want to take along a plug bar from your country and just use the adapter on it. Since I have a bad tendency to lose small bits of equipment, once I simply replaced the power plug on an multiplug bar with the local version. Adapters should be available for a few euros in your local electronics specialty store or in many of the airport shops on either end of your journey. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
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In memoriam | I just did it the other way round | Jan 4, 2009 |
UK to France for three weeks. Used an adapter bought at the airport shop. no problems. If you are using an Internet connection provided by a hotel, you will also need an ethernet cable.
| | | | Ventnai
Spain
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TOPIC STARTER
Hi all
Thanks for your answers.
Looks like a standard adapter will do. That's really what I needed to know. Used to get adapters from Woolworth's, but I guess I can't do that now
MfG
Ian
| | | | Samuel Murray
Netherlands
Local time: 04:51
Member (2006)
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| Take a basic screw driver set with you | Jan 4, 2009 |
Ian Jones wrote:
Do I need a special adapter to ensure it is protected?
My answer is somewhat offtopic but I don't mind sharing it. I'm staying in the NL with my ZA laptop for about three months, so I decided to cut off the ZA plug and affix a NL one to it... so no more need for an adaptor, and I can plug in the laptop in tight spaces too. It took three trips to the shop to do it, though, because the NL plug can't be changed with a dinner knife -- you need a real screw driver (you need two, in fact, of different sizes).
Oh and I tripped the main switch once, and I had to wire the plug twice, because I initially thought that green is live and brown is earth, but thankfully without any damage to my laptop. I couldn't Google for it because... laptop needs power first.
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Parrot
Spain
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| Universal adapters | Jan 5, 2009 |
Samsonite and other companies have designed what they call "universal adapters" ensuring compatibility between equipment from all parts of the world. I have one practically imbedded into my computer bag. Saves me from having to choose between several at any given time.
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