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RE: [PLUG] [OT] Where to get adapters for British outlets?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Gran [mailto:steve@lobefin.net]
> A friend of mine is going to move to scotland for a year or so, and he
> is looking to pick up some adapters that will let him plug in his
> American appliances into Scottish current. It's my understanding that
> they use plugs with little round pins instead of our bar
> pins, and that
> they also use a different current supply, so that he would
> need not only
> an interface change, but a real voltage converter. Is this
> accurate, to
> the best of anyone's knowledge? If so, does anyone know
> where to pick a
> bunch of these up?
That is correct; in Scotland they use 220 Volts (as opposed to 120V here)
and the plug type is known as "B1/B3". Most travel stores sell adapters;
try for example the Rand McNally store in Liberty Place (16th and Chestnut
St) if you're in Center City. Also luggage stores. Also Radio Shack; see
for example
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CT
LG%5F009%5F001%5F004%5F000&product%5Fid=273%2D1413 (if that URL doesn't
work, go to www.radioshack.com, click on "batteries and power", "Adapters,
strips, surge", "foreign travel adapters".
Jacob
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