Originally Posted by
David-A
Obvioulsy check the device, I will return to that in a moment. However the reason I said I disagreed was because that's not what I read your previous post as actually saying. To me, your previous post is actually saying that "for high value items, get a converter (regardless)".
I know you say in the next sentence to check the spec, but if this is your meaning I don't understand the 'high value items' bit in the sentence before. Even if the item is easily replaced and unimportant, do NOT go plugging it in without checking specs. Hence, the only logical meaning I could take from your post was an advocation of using voltage converters on high value items regardless of whether they were necessary based upon spec. And it was this I was disagreeing with.
I also would not recommend googling specs but rather checking the spec on the device itself.
Not my intent, thanks for clarifying. Admittedly, I was worried more about destroying the device than setting the hotel room on fire when I wrote that, but you are correct, the price of the equipment is irrelevant.
I've had difficulty (as an electricity novice), checking specs on devices. On some it is clear to me, but on my iPad for example it wasn't obvious to me. A quick google search (years ago) brought me to the Apple site where it was written in pretty plain English.
Bottom line, I think we agree the OP should be able to get by with cheap adapters, but if it's unclear for any device a simple spec lookup should confirm.