Originally Posted by
Alvador
There is information on ba.com on the at seat power supply specifications and the use of electronic equipment on board at
https://ukprepin.custhelp.com/cgi-bi...hp?p_faqid=271
and
https://ukprepin.custhelp.com/cgi-bi...p?p_faqid=1335
However, the first of these pages is out of date. As stated in the posts above the latest Club World seats have US and European sockets supplying 110 V AC. First still has the 15 V DC power outlet and requires a DC to 110 V AC Inverter such as the one made by Teleadapt.
It used to be possible to borrow a Teleadapt adaptor during the flight on BA provided you were travelling in First. I'm not sure if that is still the case.
I think it might just still be possible. In February I traveled in Traveler Plus and my seat mate was under the impression the laptop power supply just a standard wall socket. After a few minutes watching her try to plug the cable into all sorts of holes and crevices, I finally explained the whole Empower thing. I offered to ask the crew for one, and the CSD actually brought one and helped her get it started. I actually was not expecting the crew to provide one, as I knew it was a "service" reserved for F-pax; he even mentioned this fact to my seat mate.
I actually had to buy one of these Empower things in March; first time I ever had to do this thing businessmen call "work" onboard. It was absolutely horrifying. Normally I sleep and if I'm feeling particularly energetic, I might watch a movie and/or read the
Economist. It was an even more horrifying experience than coughing up €75 at Schiphol duty free for the bloody thing, which I imagine I will never use again (must get it sold before all those seats still employing a DC power supply finally are phased out).