European to UK rewire
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Something like this adapter might work.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/183293884066
Big will she be allowed to use it after Brexit?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/183293884066
Big will she be allowed to use it after Brexit?
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amost looks too wide for one of them, but I guess it can't be.
Maybe use a shaver plug adaptor.
* waits for sometime to tell me the pin allignment is incorrect to use one of them
Maybe use a shaver plug adaptor.
* waits for sometime to tell me the pin allignment is incorrect to use one of them
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That’s why I said
Hasn't anyone noticed that the "plug" concerned is actually a "power supply" with an output of 4.5 V a 1000 mA - virtually, a USB power source?
I suggest that the term "should not" instead of the contraction of the term "can not" (can't) should have been used.
Well, you could cut it of and put on an ordinary plug but the result would be the destruction of the device concerned when the device was plugged to any operative socket outlet.
I suggest that the term "should not" instead of the contraction of the term "can not" (can't) should have been used.
And your solution is what, exactly?
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I tried to google USB plug but all I got was adaptors to USB, it seems you can't buy USB plugs!
That is a German plug not a French one, the French plugs have a socket for the earth pin. These
are made and will hold the power supply reasonably firm, this is better as there is no weight from the power supply on the socket outlet however at £29 rather expensive, when in Turkey I bought an extension lead then cut it in half, put British plug on sockets, and British socket bar on the plug so I have one half I use in UK to power items with German plugs, and other half when I go abroad to power British items.
That is a German plug not a French one, the French plugs have a socket for the earth pin. These
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would one of these be better as the weight of the PSU is not left sticking straight out of the adapter but is hanging down closer to the wall
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No not all of them. There are two and three pin plugs.
That French wall wart will physically not be able to go far enough into one of those.
Buy a
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/ac-dc-adapters/6796707/
set to 4.5 volts and join the leads being careful to get the polarity correct
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/ac-dc-adapters/6796707/
set to 4.5 volts and join the leads being careful to get the polarity correct
Thanks all for your comments (some of which were rather amusing). I've ordered an adapter off ebay, the kind that plugs in the bottom since it's a bulky "power supply"!! I'm using a shaving adapter in the meantime (yes apparently that does work).
What you need is this item,
which is manufactured specifically for European-style power supplies. It has a locking screw to prevent the item being pulled out without the adapter. Its part number from CPC Farnell is PL09958 and is also available in white, PL09959. The price is around £2.25 + VAT (Other suppliers may be available
which is manufactured specifically for European-style power supplies. It has a locking screw to prevent the item being pulled out without the adapter. Its part number from CPC Farnell is PL09958 and is also available in white, PL09959. The price is around £2.25 + VAT (Other suppliers may be availableEdit: I obviously didn't read all the way to the end before I posted, yes a properly designed shaver adapter should work but a lot of the older versions may not.
This is the right adapter:
https://cpc.farnell.com/powerconnections/bca-wh-3a/battery-charger-adaptor-3a-white/dp/PL09959?scope=partnumberlookahead&ost=PL09959&searchref=searchlookahead&exaMfpn=true&ddkey=https:en-CPC/CPC_United_Kingdom/w/search
I have used several of them and they include a clamp to lock the foreigner in. It does mean the PSU will stick out a long way though.
would one of these be better as the weight of the PSU is not left sticking straight out of the adapter but is hanging down closer to the wall
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This is the right adapter:
https://cpc.farnell.com/powerconnections/bca-wh-3a/battery-charger-adaptor-3a-white/dp/PL09959?scope=partnumberlookahead&ost=PL09959&searchref=searchlookahead&exaMfpn=true&ddkey=https:en-CPC/CPC_United_Kingdom/w/search
I have used several of them and they include a clamp to lock the foreigner in. It does mean the PSU will stick out a long way though.
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