Changing plugs over on electrical items
Jan 7th 2005, 7:00 am
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Changing plugs over on electrical items
To those of you that are already there, can you swap english plugs for aussie ones? English plugs are fused, Aussie plugs aren't..so I'm told..any ideas?
Thanks
Kathy
Thanks
Kathy
Jan 7th 2005, 7:11 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by pako
To those of you that are already there, can you swap english plugs for aussie ones? English plugs are fused, Aussie plugs aren't..so I'm told..any ideas?
Thanks
Kathy
Thanks
Kathy
Jan 7th 2005, 7:14 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by pako
To those of you that are already there, can you swap english plugs for aussie ones? English plugs are fused, Aussie plugs aren't..so I'm told..any ideas?
Thanks
Kathy
Thanks
Kathy
Have a look at this thread:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=270717
Jan 7th 2005, 7:21 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by Scossie
Jan 7th 2005, 7:22 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by soapy
yeh, u just buy one and change it over, it takes about 2 mins
There was a thread about that recently, and some interesting results came up.
Not sure which thread it was now
Jan 7th 2005, 7:24 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
However, it MAY be illegal to do that, depending on which State you are in.
There was a thread about that recently, and some interesting results came up.
Not sure which thread it was now
There was a thread about that recently, and some interesting results came up.
Not sure which thread it was now
its news to me, so that means i could be locked up ?????
can u hear that loud cheer
Jan 7th 2005, 7:26 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
This was the thread
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=261775
Not sure how many people use an electrician to change the plugs though !
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=261775
Not sure how many people use an electrician to change the plugs though !
Jan 7th 2005, 7:32 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by soapy
thanx abc
its news to me, so that means i could be locked up ?????
can u hear that loud cheer
its news to me, so that means i could be locked up ?????
can u hear that loud cheer
Just maybe your insurance company wont pay out when the house burns down.
Jan 7th 2005, 7:55 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by soapy
thanx abc
its news to me, so that means i could be locked up ?????
can u hear that loud cheer
its news to me, so that means i could be locked up ?????
can u hear that loud cheer
You should have been locked up years ago.
Jan 7th 2005, 8:01 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by Bordy
You should have been locked up years ago.
Jan 7th 2005, 9:26 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
However, it MAY be illegal to do that, depending on which State you are in.
There was a thread about that recently, and some interesting results came up.
Not sure which thread it was now
There was a thread about that recently, and some interesting results came up.
Not sure which thread it was now
Jan 7th 2005, 11:15 am
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
However, it MAY be illegal to do that, depending on which State you are in.
There was a thread about that recently, and some interesting results came up.
Not sure which thread it was now
There was a thread about that recently, and some interesting results came up.
Not sure which thread it was now
Jan 7th 2005, 3:09 pm
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Re: Changing plugs over on electrical items
Originally Posted by soapy
thanx abc
its news to me, so that means i could be locked up ?????
can u hear that loud cheer
its news to me, so that means i could be locked up ?????
can u hear that loud cheer
they may even deport you to a penal colony
Bye
Mark
