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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 6:00 am
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All the UK->US adaptors that I've seen have two flat pins. They will work.

What sometimes trips up people from the US is the fact that American plugs for PCs and other appliances typically have a round earth pin above the two flat pins. Many Japanese plugs (especially in domestic installations and older buildings) don't have an earth. So, surprisingly, a UK->US adaptor will fit in some places where a US plug wont.
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