Power Adapter for LHR/FRA/JNB/Harare, Zimbabwe
Sep 19, 2010, 4:10 pm
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Power Adapter for LHR/FRA/JNB/Harare, Zimbabwe
If anybody has any suggestions of good adapters, I'd appreciate it! I've got a Samsonite adapter, but it lacks the connections I need.
Sep 20, 2010, 9:58 am
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Are you looking for an adapter that will enable your US plugs to be plugged into the sockets in these countries or are you looking for a power converter that will convert the foreign power to 120V 60Hz?
If you are looking for a power plug converter, I recommend the Road Warrier series (http://www.warrior.co.jp/E/products.htm#gocon). There are some US distributors of these products but I don't have that list handy right now.
If you are looking for a power plug converter, I recommend the Road Warrier series (http://www.warrior.co.jp/E/products.htm#gocon). There are some US distributors of these products but I don't have that list handy right now.
Sep 20, 2010, 9:24 pm
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I need a device that will let me use a charger for an iPhone and a SAT phone.
Sep 21, 2010, 11:52 am
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Assuming the charger is dual-voltage / dual-frequency, I travel with one of these and love it:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/swiss-tra...-usb-p9025.htm
But perhaps I misunderstood your question?
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/swiss-tra...-usb-p9025.htm
But perhaps I misunderstood your question?
Sep 26, 2010, 11:48 am
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Any of the multi-country adapters will cover LHR/FRA, or you can easily pickup individual adapters for those countries.
JNB/South Africa uses something that looks a bit like the European plugs, but has much larger pins, and I've never come across a multi-country one that has included this - and even the individual adapters are a little hard to come across (Radio Shack stock them, but my local one didn't have any when I went looking recently. Ended up finding one at Frys)
Can't help you with Zimbabwe. Apparently they use a mix of the UK plugs and Indian ones, but I'm not sure what the mix is.
JNB/South Africa uses something that looks a bit like the European plugs, but has much larger pins, and I've never come across a multi-country one that has included this - and even the individual adapters are a little hard to come across (Radio Shack stock them, but my local one didn't have any when I went looking recently. Ended up finding one at Frys)
Can't help you with Zimbabwe. Apparently they use a mix of the UK plugs and Indian ones, but I'm not sure what the mix is.
Sep 27, 2010, 2:07 am
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Take your usual multi-adapter for Europe and you'll need to buy a ZA plug there. (It's actually the old British fuseless plug).
You should find this works in Zim as well - newer places have UK plugs.
Top Tip: Take a power strip with you. 4 outlets from one adapted plug!
You should find this works in Zim as well - newer places have UK plugs.
Top Tip: Take a power strip with you. 4 outlets from one adapted plug!