Question about electricty in AMS
Jan 25, 2005 | 7:28 pm
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Question about electricty in AMS
Hey all,
I'm heading to AMS and wanted to bring my laptop. I don't travel a lot with it so this is new to me. I was looking at the webpage about power around the world but still have a couple of questions.
My laptop power cable says on it "AC 100-240v 1.5a 50-60mhz" so that means I can use it on any AC power system, 100-240v at 50-60mhz, provided I have the right adaptor for the plug, correct? AMS runs at 230v 50mhz, so I assume it will but before I fry my one and only laptop, I might as well ask..
Thanks!
I'm heading to AMS and wanted to bring my laptop. I don't travel a lot with it so this is new to me. I was looking at the webpage about power around the world but still have a couple of questions.
My laptop power cable says on it "AC 100-240v 1.5a 50-60mhz" so that means I can use it on any AC power system, 100-240v at 50-60mhz, provided I have the right adaptor for the plug, correct? AMS runs at 230v 50mhz, so I assume it will but before I fry my one and only laptop, I might as well ask..
Thanks!
Jan 25, 2005 | 7:58 pm
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Originally Posted by civicmon
Hey all,
I'm heading to AMS and wanted to bring my laptop. I don't travel a lot with it so this is new to me. I was looking at the webpage about power around the world but still have a couple of questions.
My laptop power cable says on it "AC 100-240v 1.5a 50-60mhz" so that means I can use it on any AC power system, 100-240v at 50-60mhz, provided I have the right adaptor for the plug, correct? AMS runs at 230v 50mhz, so I assume it will but before I fry my one and only laptop, I might as well ask..
Thanks!
I'm heading to AMS and wanted to bring my laptop. I don't travel a lot with it so this is new to me. I was looking at the webpage about power around the world but still have a couple of questions.
My laptop power cable says on it "AC 100-240v 1.5a 50-60mhz" so that means I can use it on any AC power system, 100-240v at 50-60mhz, provided I have the right adaptor for the plug, correct? AMS runs at 230v 50mhz, so I assume it will but before I fry my one and only laptop, I might as well ask..
Thanks!
Jan 25, 2005 | 10:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Chapel Hill Guy
I spent a week in AMS with an IBM laptop and power cable like yours and did not fry my computer. Just have the right plug. YMMV.
Jan 26, 2005 | 1:31 am
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Power cable?
The voltage rating can usually be found on the laptop's power supply/transformer unit, which can be attached to the power cable, to the plug itself or sometimes built in. If it says 110-240v, 50-60Hz, it should be OK for both USA and Europe. If the voltage is printed on the power cord itself, you can't be sure that isn't just the power cord rating and not the power supply rating. So, check the power supply unit!
Jan 26, 2005 | 4:07 am
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Originally Posted by civicmon
My laptop power cable says on it "AC 100-240v 1.5a 50-60mhz" so that means I can use it on any AC power system, 100-240v at 50-60mhz, provided I have the right adaptor for the plug, correct?
(BTW, it's "50-60 Hz", not "50-60 mhz". 1 Hertz = 1 cycle per second. Computer processors are the things that are driven at many hundred MHz or more. 1 MHz or megaHertz = 1 million cycles per second. 1 GHz or gigaHertz = 1000 MHz = 1 billion cycles per second.)
Jan 27, 2005 | 12:03 am
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Originally Posted by Globaliser
So long as that is what it says on the box that's somewhere between the plug and the laptop (which is itself a transformer), you will be absolutely fine. Modern power supplies which are so marked were intended to solve exactly the problem that you thought you might have. You just need to have a physical adaptor (very cheap) that changes the shape of your plug so that it will fit into the wall socket.
(BTW, it's "50-60 Hz", not "50-60 mhz". 1 Hertz = 1 cycle per second. Computer processors are the things that are driven at many hundred MHz or more. 1 MHz or megaHertz = 1 million cycles per second. 1 GHz or gigaHertz = 1000 MHz = 1 billion cycles per second.)
(BTW, it's "50-60 Hz", not "50-60 mhz". 1 Hertz = 1 cycle per second. Computer processors are the things that are driven at many hundred MHz or more. 1 MHz or megaHertz = 1 million cycles per second. 1 GHz or gigaHertz = 1000 MHz = 1 billion cycles per second.)
thanks for the explaination and all the advice.