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    Canada-Europe AC Power adapter: which one?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by kilou, Apr 28, 2005.

  1. kilou

    kilou Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I'm looking for an adapter power plug that would allow me to plug my Swiss laptop in Canada. I know Canada uses 110V and here in Switzerland we use 220V so I'd like the adapter to have a switch to convert the voltage. Additionally I'd like the adapter to have a ground pin so that I can use other stuff that need to be grounded.

    Do you know a good AC adapter plug that would do this? I couldn't find any with those specs.

    Many thanks
     
    kilou, Apr 28, 2005
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    LaZzZy_Dude Notebook Evangelist

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    Any Ac adapter that come with a decent laptop manufacturer would support 100-240 V and 50/60 Hz. You would just need a plug adapter which can be bought in Radio-Shack type of store. I bought mine for 9$ b4 heading to the NEtherlands last year and notice that there's a store name Bloken (or something like that) which have the converter for 2 euros...
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by LaZzZy_Dude
     
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    kilou, Apr 28, 2005
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