Originally Posted by
MisterNice
I have not used a surge protector for years and have had zero burnouts. The last time I had a surge problem (other than on OMNI *cough cough*) an electrical spike came over the telephone line to my 1200 baud telephone modem and burned it up along with my nice DirecTV modem. Most portable electronics today are very well insulated and do not provide or need a ground. They "float" the electrical potentials. You are safe and so is your equipment.
MisterNice
So groundless conversion it is.
As for the Eneloops I don't THINK they need their own charger. they are a different kind of rechargable battery than your standard style (these don't lose their charge nearly as fast as normal ones, I think they said in reviews it can take up to a year of no use for the battery to fully drain). so I don't exactly know, I use the charger that came with the batteries to be on the safe side, and it won't kill me to get another charger and another set of 4 batteries from amazon once I get over there. And the same for the DS charger I can look that up to see how much it would cost but you're right it's probably cheaper than getting all those sets.
Now to pick up just a set of groundless converters that won't interfere with the grounding plug
