Me and my wife are emmigrating to Australia in August/September of this year, does anyone know if our electrical appliances ie computer dvd player etc will work ok in Aus, many thnaks for your help guys

Nicos

No electrical current turns in the other direction down here so you need special coriolis adapters. Try the lifestyle forum :-)

Cheers,

George Lombard

lol, I do hope they don't take you seriously George.

firstly post this in the aussie forum not immigration as you will piss people off

secondly as a qualified sparkie i can that george has got it ever so slightley wrong you dont need a coriolis adapters, what you want is a clitoris adaptor

everything will work fine Nicos, only problem is the Aussies cant fix a plug, they hire electricians to do it for them, apparently if a fire was caused and it was an electrical fault your insurance would be invalid if you changed the plugs yourself... or so i've heard.

Other than probably your television. Apparently some really new ones will work but with most UK Tv's you'll get a picture but no sound. Apparently Australia uses a different version of PAL. Also Australia is on a different DVD region code to the UK but a cheap multi region DVD player is an easy way to resolve this.

You forgot to mention it's a different colour George...

Has anyone actually got an authoritative reference for this...? Would have thought that to avoid paying out any insurance company would have to show beyond a reasonable doubt that any fire, etc was definitely caused by faulty wiring completed by the occupier, not just 'oh well, they changed their own plugs so it must be their fault...'...

Not having a go... Just be nice to find out for sure one way or the other...

its one of those urban myths
or a load of cobblers

depends on which way you look at it
of course you can change a plug withour getting a sparkie in

Well, that's what I would have thought...

But I've seen this posted a couple or so times now, and after a while you start to wonder...

from the socket onward does count as part of the fixed wiring
hence isnt covered as part of the electrical installation for which you do need a sparkie

may i be of some assistance on this subject, the Electrical supply in australia is 230V the same as the UK, all that is required is a change of plug one person said your insurance will be void if you do the job yourself, thats incorrect you are allowed to change the plugs on appliances, you are NOT allowed to however do electrical work from the switchboard to any lighting points/sockets/ cooking appliances. Its as simple as that but as i say changing plugs is allowed and easy again however though the Live & nuetral pins on the plug are in most cases not market so you must ensure you connect to the correct pins.

regards

arthur

electrician in melbourne

Well that's good to know...!

Somewhere on this forum there's a thread on changing plugs that goes on for about 40 pages and becomes a huge argument. Unbelievable