 Poster: A snowHead
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Having seen a few recommendations for cutting the UK plug off a 4-way extention lead and fitting a euro plug. Then use that instead of just plug adapters to power all our chargers, etc and having to keep swaping what was on charge. I finally got around to doing it but couldn't get a euro plug. Local electrical suppliers didn't have ("sorry we're not allowed to sell them"  ) and so looked on line but could only come up with stanard travel adapters when I searched. Then I found travel adapter on amazon.
Ordered on-line Sat' evening and arrived Mon' morning. Less than £15 so not much different than doing it myself would have been[/url]
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Link is actually http://www.traveldapter.com/ I think?
I've always just taken a standard UK 4-way and plugged it into one of those converters you can get for £2 at ADSA... however cutting off the plug for a Euro one is tempting for a more robust solution!
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Timbobaggins, I would say that's fine if you're running low power things like phone chargers. I wouldn't put a kettle through a travel adapter personally though. I certainly wouldn't put a bank of 4 13 amp devices through one. So it depends what you're running.
If you're having difficulty sourcing a Euro plug in the UK, why not simply bring a screwdriver with you and do it on arrival for about 1 euro from the supermarket.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Travel adapters are just over a quid each anyway, so why bother with the faff of an extension cable, just get a couple of those 3-packs for £7 and put them on your UK plugs for the duration of your trip.
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| sah wrote: |
| Travel adapters are just over a quid each anyway, so why bother with the faff of an extension cable, just get a couple of those 3-packs for £7 and put them on your UK plugs for the duration of your trip. |
What you say makes great sense except that some French rooms only have one accessible wall socket. Worse I have had rooms where accessing the 'one' socket means moving the bed. So I support the idea of taking a four way extension lead.
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Maybe I'm just unlucky but the rooms I get rarely have more than a couple of plugs and there's usually somthing like a bedside light in one/two of them. On a ski trip I'll have at least 2 things to charge and my room-mate the same. In summer on my car trips thats more like 3-4 things each. Now I'm no H+S junkie but I don't like multiple adapters pluged into each other; Accident waiting to happen and reminds me of the old government information films. So this is a simple solution.
Yes, I could buy a 4gang extention, then get a plug but in resort, take wire cutters (extention plugs are molded on) and screw driver away with me and fit the plug. Or I can spend a couple of quid more and save the hassle.
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If you ask about someone will have recieved a euro kettle plug lead with a computer or printer - offices usually have a few in a cupboard.
Take the lead and cut the kettle plug end off, then you need a 4 way that can be unscrewed and then replace the whole lead.
finding a 4way with a replaceable lead could be difficult as most stuff these days is molded shut
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