[DeTomaso] NPC: Travel to Scotland

[Thomas Tornblom]

MikeLDrew at aol.com skrev:
> In a message dated 6/11/08 16 17 27, MGREEN008 at triad.rr.com writes:
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>> Thought I'd reach out to our neighbors across the pond. My brother is 
>> traveling to Scotland soon and a question came up about cell phone chargers. He's 
>> been informed that a standard cell phone charger won't work in Europe. A 
>> transformer of some sort was required. He has a Motorola phone. Can anyone please 
>> advise me? Thanks.
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> Right.   Europeans use a 220v system, which will quickly smoke a US cell 
> phone charger.   He'll simply have to buy a charger for his phone once he gets 
> there.
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Get a switching type charger. These take any voltage between 100 and 
240V and only need a simple adapter plug to convert between the 
different outlets.

Switching chargers are easily recognized by their low weight compared to 
transformer type chargers.

Switching chargers are pretty much the norm for everything outside of 
the US.

First check the rating of the adapter he has, it may very well be that 
he is OK already and only need the adapter plug.
> Mike (who has twice as many cell phone chargers as cell phones, for this very 
> reason).
>   

You have the wrong type of phones then :-) Real phones come with 
switching chargers.

Thomas