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wrote:
Hello all

Probably a stupid question, but Ive asked lots in the past so why stop
now.

My place in Spain will soon be built and we have a number of spare
appliances over here we would like to ship to Spain to use out there.
Is their electrical system the same as ours i.e. 230 Volts and could I
just connect a Spanish type plug up to the applicance and expect
everything to work? (Assuming the apartment has not been fitted out
with UK type sockets)

Thanks and hapy new year to you all!

Richard

Yes. The whole point in changing to 230V (we didn't change a damned
thing except the labels) was to harmonize with Europe. Even your TV
should work, it's only the French & Russians who use a different
transmission standard in Europe.

Would the Spanish authorities accept UK sockets? The wiring practices
are different to the UK. I think we are the only country to use a 30A
ring and individually fused appliences. They wire as radials with 16A
breakers. (Please note, much simplified!!)

Andrew