Adaptor, Canada to UK
Jun 14th 2011 | 12:24 pm
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Adaptor, Canada to UK
Sorry for the silly question but I have no clue 
No1 child is heading home for a month, she's taking hair straighteners, cellphone & camera which all need plugging in. Can she go to Tesco etc & buy a travel adaptor for use while she's there or will her camera battery melt?
Ta
No1 child is heading home for a month, she's taking hair straighteners, cellphone & camera which all need plugging in. Can she go to Tesco etc & buy a travel adaptor for use while she's there or will her camera battery melt?
Ta
Jun 14th 2011 | 12:35 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
Sorry for the silly question but I have no clue
No1 child is heading home for a month, she's taking hair straighteners, cellphone & camera which all need plugging in. Can she go to Tesco etc & buy a travel adaptor for use while she's there or will her camera battery melt?
Ta
No1 child is heading home for a month, she's taking hair straighteners, cellphone & camera which all need plugging in. Can she go to Tesco etc & buy a travel adaptor for use while she's there or will her camera battery melt?
Ta
Jun 14th 2011 | 1:15 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
) if she's going to France & Italy as well won't she be able to buy a universal adaptor in England?Forgot to mention she's leaving tomorrow & decided to ask me today!!
Jun 14th 2011 | 1:19 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
You need to buy the universal adaptor here - if you buy it in the uk it will be backwards 
Jun 14th 2011 | 1:35 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
when I was in Sainsburys in April they had all different sorts for every direction and every type of plug. I got one to adapt a canadian plug.
They were on a separate display thingy in the pharmacy bit.
They were on a separate display thingy in the pharmacy bit.
Jun 14th 2011 | 1:36 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
I'd check the hair straighteners, 220v through an element used to 110v could prove a little too exciting...
Jun 14th 2011 | 4:03 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
Oh Bu**er, I wonder if the camera batteries will be OK?
Jun 14th 2011 | 4:35 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
Ta very much, will try that if I don't manage to get one in the morning
Try Bentley Leathers & Luggage in Woodgrove or Rutherford Malls.
Oh Bu**er, I wonder if the camera batteries will be OK?
What kind of camera batteries? Does she have a charger? The chargers I have that came with the cameras are 100 - 240Volt so would be OK. If the camera takes AA rechargeable batteries then if no charger available she could always use regular alkaline AA batteries.
Try Bentley Leathers & Luggage in Woodgrove or Rutherford Malls.
Oh Bu**er, I wonder if the camera batteries will be OK?
What kind of camera batteries? Does she have a charger? The chargers I have that came with the cameras are 100 - 240Volt so would be OK. If the camera takes AA rechargeable batteries then if no charger available she could always use regular alkaline AA batteries.
Jun 14th 2011 | 5:47 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
Camera and cellphone probably won't be a problem, a universal adapter will work, however the hair straightener will melt if she plugs it in in Europe.
The camera might be a problem depends on the input it uses currently, read the label on the current AC adapter it has, usually will say something like 100-250V, if it does it is okay, just need a plug adapter.
The camera might be a problem depends on the input it uses currently, read the label on the current AC adapter it has, usually will say something like 100-250V, if it does it is okay, just need a plug adapter.
Jun 14th 2011 | 7:31 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
Camera and cellphone probably won't be a problem, a universal adapter will work, however the hair straightener will melt if she plugs it in in Europe.
The camera might be a problem depends on the input it uses currently, read the label on the current AC adapter it has, usually will say something like 100-250V, if it does it is okay, just need a plug adapter.
The camera might be a problem depends on the input it uses currently, read the label on the current AC adapter it has, usually will say something like 100-250V, if it does it is okay, just need a plug adapter.
... she's all ready to go, camera battery says 110v ~ 240v on the back, straighteners are staying with me so at least I don't have to look like Mad Mary for a month 
& universal adaptor borrowed from a mate ... now all she has to do is get to Vancouver on game day 
Jun 14th 2011 | 10:02 pm
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
I having just returned to the UK from Canada, have gone to Argos and purchased a bucket load of these:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...EL+ADAPTOR.htm
Work a treat.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...EL+ADAPTOR.htm
Work a treat.
Jun 15th 2011 | 12:10 am
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Re: Adaptor, Canada to UK
Although they're ideal as a socket "conversion" I'd just note a word of warning to anyone buying them to ensure that anything you plug into it should be rated 100-240v and 50/60Hz (as the socket does not convert AC voltage or frequency).
I having just returned to the UK from Canada, have gone to Argos and purchased a bucket load of these:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...EL+ADAPTOR.htm
Work a treat.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...EL+ADAPTOR.htm
Work a treat.
