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Electrical Question
Does anyone know if it is possible to buy an extension socket in this country which has UK sockets on one end and an Australian plug on the other?
I realise this is probably something I could make myself when I get there but am not confident with electrics and wanted to sort it all before I go. Cheers |
Re: Electrical Question
you could buy an Ozzie travel adaptor & plug in your British multi point lead.But hey DON'T OVERLOAD IT!
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Re: Electrical Question
Buy an Ozzie plug and but it on your 4 way adapters. They are NOT fused, and their
cables are only rated to 10 amps, so don't put too much load on it, or else you'll fuse it at the box. BTW, they are a pig to wire compared to UK plugs! And make sure you take tons of adaptors. Ian (sitting at a PC running off said setup!) "baldbutts" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > you could buy an Ozzie travel adaptor & plug in your British multi point lead.But > hey DON'T OVERLOAD IT! > > > > -- |
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Glad some one else finds the covers a pig to get on the plugs. Though it was just me.
There must be a technique to it, but so far i have not found it... Ian Guy wrote: > Buy an Ozzie plug and but it on your 4 way adapters. They are NOT fused, and their > cables are only rated to 10 amps, so don't put too much load on it, or else you'll > fuse it at the box. BTW, they are a pig to wire compared to UK plugs! And make sure > you take tons of adaptors. > > Ian (sitting at a PC running off said setup!) > > "baldbutts" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > > you could buy an Ozzie travel adaptor & plug in your British multi point lead.But > > hey DON'T OVERLOAD IT! > > > > > > > > -- |
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What does an Australian plug look like? If I wanted to buy one what would I be
looking for? Here in South Africa we use a thing similar to the UK plug without a fuse 15A but the pins are round. We also use adapters with two pin 5 A (round connections) for imported stuff. I think yours are rectangular are they not, fused at 13A, actually safer and they get less hot than our round things rated at 15A "a1macc" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Does anyone know if it is possible to buy an extension socket in this country which > has UK sockets on one end and an Australian plug on the other? > > I realise this is probably something I could make myself when I get there but am > not confident with electrics and wanted to sort it all before I go. > > Cheers > > > > -- |
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Try this link:
http://www.teleadaptusa.com/nme/powerplugs.htm Hope this helps. Alan Collett alan-at-gomatilda-dot-com Registered Migration Agent Number 0102534 and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales http://www.gomatilda.com and http://www.collettandco.co.uk |
Re: Electrical Question
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ian Guy
Buy an Ozzie plug and but it on your 4 way adapters. They are NOT fused, and their cables are only rated to 10 amps, so don't put too much load on it, or else ...<snip> So they are 230/240 V then? :lecture: If you don't have a plug, DON'T use matchsticks to hold the bare ends of the wires into the socket -- an old trick (but a flamable one, I man MATCHES(:scared:), not approved by the Institute of Electrical Engineers). So they are 230/240 V then? but only 10A? |
And a little hint given to me by someone on the forum - if you are using UK plugs, running through an adaptor into an Aussie plug - you cannot buy fuses for UK plugs in Australia!
So stock up and bring some with you! Breaks in the power supply and power surges are far more common here, so fuses could blow. I now have a friend sending me a pile of fuses from the UK, just in case!!! |
Originally posted by Pollyana And a little hint given to me by someone on the forum - if you are using UK plugs, running through an adaptor into an Aussie plug - you cannot buy fuses for UK plugs in Australia! So stock up and bring some with you! Breaks in the power supply and power surges are far more common here, so fuses could blow. I now have a friend sending me a pile of fuses from the UK, just in case!!! Now does anyone know of any specific UK appliances that are designed to draw between 10A and 13A and would run for more than a few minutes at a time? I'm immediately thinking of things with powerful heaters in them like paint stripper guns. The link from Alan Collett's site is dead I'm afraid. |
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Caroline G
Originally posted by Ian Guy Buy an Ozzie plug and but it on your 4 way adapters. They are NOT fused, and their cables are only rated to 10 amps, so don't put too much load on it, or else ...<snip> So they are 230/240 V then? :lecture: If you don't have a plug, DON'T use matchsticks to hold the bare ends of the wires into the socket -- an old trick (but a flamable one, I man MATCHES(:scared:), not approved by the Institute of Electrical Engineers). So they are 230/240 V then? but only 10A? |
Originally posted by CHnJ The link from Alan Collett's site is dead I'm afraid. |
Anything slightly sensitive should be surge proected otherwise one of the numerous electrical storms could zap your PC, TV, video etc etc.
Even in the UK it is a good idea. A house down the road from where I was living in Surrey was hit. Casualties included the VCR and the telephone. The house that was hit lost the roof and the top floor was gutted by fire. For the PC there are surge boards with a telephone socket to protect the modem. |
Originally posted by scutterUK it worked for me. :) Odd. I get Error! That page does not exist. Please click here to return to the TeleAdapt website, or here to go directly to the TeleAdapt web site map. |
Originally posted by bondipom Anything slightly sensitive should be surge proected otherwise one of the numerous electrical storms could zap your PC, TV, video etc etc. Even in the UK it is a good idea. A house down the road from where I was living in Surrey was hit. Casualties included the VCR and the telephone. The house that was hit lost the roof and the top floor was gutted by fire. For the PC there are surge boards with a telephone socket to protect the modem. |
Hiya bondipom,
for all those people in the Uk, Argos do a range of surge protectors witha & without Phone connections. One even has satalite surge protection. I'm off there tomorrow to get a couple of the cheep ones for the PC & TV/VCR Bye Markeh |
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