"Martin Warby" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:38:01 +0000, sdr84 wrote:


Will things like electric shavers, hair dryers etc. from UK work
straight
from the mains (using the 2 flat pin adapter) in USA? Does one need a
"step down" transformer / voltage converter?

if you were to use a transformer you would need a stepup one US is
110V(ish) and UK is 230V


So it would be a step-down (230 110), the OP is travelling FROM the UK to
the USA, read the OP again !