Borrowing a power supply on board - or can I buy at LHR
Oct 24, 2006, 6:40 am
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Originally Posted by Swanhunter
...be an 'amber gambler'...
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Originally Posted by BOH
Why isn't the in-seat power 110VAC using the standard US style 2-pin sockets?
3 pins and 220V please.
Oct 24, 2006, 7:10 am
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I am not sure if this is still the case, but several months ago most of the shops did not have scissors/box cutters. I remember boarding a flight and the guy next to me was trying to open the vacuum-sealed hard plastic container that the power adaptor was in with a Bic pen. He finally got it open several hours into the flight, hands bloodly and covered in ink!
Good luck....
Good luck....
Oct 24, 2006, 7:13 am
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Originally Posted by phillipas
Er.. because it's British Airways.
3 pins and 220V please.
3 pins and 220V please.
If you were going to choose just one type of socket for the seat I would assume the US 2-pin would be the the most universally acceptable. Anyways, 110V is a much safer voltage to have around humans rather than 220-240VAC.
Oct 24, 2006, 1:46 pm
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Originally Posted by qzwx
I am not sure if this is still the case, but several months ago most of the shops did not have scissors/box cutters. I remember boarding a flight and the guy next to me was trying to open the vacuum-sealed hard plastic container that the power adaptor was in with a Bic pen. He finally got it open several hours into the flight, hands bloodly and covered in ink!
Good luck....
Good luck....
That kept me and the purser amused for about 5 minutes.I got the Kensington works-on-everything kit from Dixons. Didn't like the one offered on board quite so much. 2.75 presentations now done, another hour before sleep.
Last edited by Swanhunter; Oct 24, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Oct 24, 2006, 1:56 pm
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Originally Posted by phillipas
Surely you don't really drive around in a lurid lime coloured 1978 Fiesta. Though maybe you do have the dodgy hat and moustache though.
