I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.

On 4/25/2012 9:41 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
....

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?
....
One has no bearing on the other...the choices came for different reasons
in different locales.

As only one example, Napoleon decreed right-hand rule in all occupied
countries which follows to the day in the Low Countries, Switzerland,
Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain. Not a one of them uses US-style
electric outlets.

http://www.travel-images.com/electric-plugs.html

--

Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.
Hiii,
Asia where? Asia is big place.

On 4/25/12 10:54 AM, dpb wrote:
On 4/25/2012 9:41 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
...

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?
...
One has no bearing on the other...the choices came for different
reasons in different locales.

As only one example, Napoleon decreed right-hand rule in all occupied
countries which follows to the day in the Low Countries, Switzerland,
Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain. Not a one of them uses US-style
electric outlets.

http://www.travel-images.com/electric-plugs.html

--


here is another site with good voltage & plug info

http://kropla.com/electric2.htm

On Apr 25, 10:41*am, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. *It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. *At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. *The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. *I never leave the
recliner. *

Japan uses outlets and switches very much like North American ones, I
presume owing to the American administration following WWII, having
resisted the European colonization of, oh, everywhere else. A lot of
the outlets are only two-prong but apparently the three-prongs are
becoming more common. Wikipedia tells us that the actual size specs
are a little different but they certainly look the same.

Trivia question du jour: name another drive-on-the-left place which
the US took (and retains) control of and *didn't* bother to change the
road rules.

You sure the ad was set outside North America? Was there anything else
that might give it away? Money? Cars? Skinny little cans of Coke or a
bottle of Calpis?

Chip C

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:14:48 -0600, Tony Hwang
wrote:



Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.
Hiii,
Asia where? Asia is big place.

It was a TV commercial
The structure looked similar to these.
https://www.google.com/search?q=asia...iw=978&bih=726

If you can't follow the link, turn off word wrap.

On Apr 25, 3:41*pm, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. *It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. *At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. *The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. *I never leave the
recliner. *


You can ponder on this:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_outlet

On Apr 25, 10:54*am, Chip C wrote:
On Apr 25, 10:41*am, Metspitzer wrote:

I just saw a TV commercial. *It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. *At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. *The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. *I never leave the
recliner. *

Japan uses outlets and switches very much like North American ones, I
presume owing to the American administration following WWII, having
resisted the European colonization of, oh, everywhere else. A lot of
the outlets are only two-prong but apparently the three-prongs are
becoming more common. Wikipedia tells us that the actual size specs
are a little different but they certainly look the same.

Trivia question du jour: name another drive-on-the-left place which
the US took (and retains) control of and *didn't* bother to change the
road rules.

You sure the ad was set outside North America? Was there anything else
that might give it away? Money? Cars? Skinny little cans of Coke or a
bottle of Calpis?

Chip C

What's the answer????

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:54:22 -0700, Chip C wrote:
Japan uses outlets and switches very much like North American ones

Across the whole country? I thought that half of it was still 50Hz AC and
half 60Hz (presumably for "historical reasons"), so I'm surprised that
there aren't different outlet styles for each (not that the frequency
difference should matter in most cases, but there will be a few
exceptions)

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:11:44 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:

On Apr 25, 3:41*pm, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. *It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. *At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. *The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. *I never leave the
recliner. *


You can ponder on this:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_outlet

"Types in present use" was very informative at a glance.
There seems to be less of a standard than I expected.

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:41:15 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote:

I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.
Parts of Japan and Korea use the american style parallel blade
outlets, for sure. Not sure about anywhere else in Asia

On Apr 25, 5:41*pm, Metspitzer wrote:
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:11:44 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:

On Apr 25, 3:41*pm, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. *It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. *At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. *The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. *I never leave the
recliner. *

You can ponder on this:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_outlet

"Types in present use" was very informative at a glance.
There seems to be less of a standard than I expected.

There are several different outlets in Europe alone.

On 4/25/2012 9:41 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.
This was an American commercial, and you are worried about its
authenticity? I mean, the whole thing is a fake, probably including
what ever they were advertising, so why should they try to make it
right? I think I saw a small amount of that commercial, but I
have no idea to what they were advertising.

Bill

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:13:09 -0500, Bill Gill
wrote:

On 4/25/2012 9:41 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.
This was an American commercial, and you are worried about its
authenticity? I mean, the whole thing is a fake, probably including
what ever they were advertising, so why should they try to make it
right? I think I saw a small amount of that commercial, but I
have no idea to what they were advertising.

Bill
For the record, I am not worried about anything. Did you read the
part about never having to leave the recliner?

On 4/25/2012 10:41 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.

Can't speak about electric but it brought up driving question and here
is the world chart:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...t_or_right.svg

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:41:15 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote:

I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmSFpXH7js

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:21:55 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:41:15 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote:

I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmSFpXH7js

I love a good cat fight, but they could have prevented the fight by
installing a duplex receptacle.

On 4/27/2012 10:27 AM, Metspitzer wrote:
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:21:55 -0400,
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:41:15 -0400,
wrote:

I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmSFpXH7js

I love a good cat fight, but they could have prevented the fight by
installing a duplex receptacle.

OR if they had just been in the kitchen preparing dinner.

--
Steve Barker
remove the "not" from my address to email

On Apr 25, 10:41*am, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. *It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. *At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. *The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. *I never leave the
recliner. *

In some cases yes. In my laptop bag I have a power strip that I
purchased at a Lawson's (basically a Japanese 7-11) in Tokyo when I
found that the only recep in my hotel room was too far away from the
bed to comfortably surf while lounging. My understanding is that in
some places in Japan the power/receps may be different but I haven't
been to any of them.

On Apr 25, 11:54*am, Chip C wrote:
On Apr 25, 10:41*am, Metspitzer wrote:

I just saw a TV commercial. *It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. *At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. *The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. *I never leave the
recliner. *

Japan uses outlets and switches very much like North American ones, I
presume owing to the American administration following WWII, having
resisted the European colonization of, oh, everywhere else. A lot of
the outlets are only two-prong but apparently the three-prongs are
becoming more common. Wikipedia tells us that the actual size specs
are a little different but they certainly look the same.

Trivia question du jour: name another drive-on-the-left place which
the US took (and retains) control of and *didn't* bother to change the
road rules.

You sure the ad was set outside North America? Was there anything else
that might give it away? Money? Cars? Skinny little cans of Coke or a
bottle of Calpis?

Hah... You can actually get Calpis here, but it's rebranded "Calpico"
I can't imagine why.

nate

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:53:41 -0700 (PDT), N8N
wrote:

On Apr 25, 10:41*am, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. *It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. *At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. *The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. *I never leave the
recliner. *

In some cases yes. In my laptop bag I have a power strip that I
purchased at a Lawson's (basically a Japanese 7-11) in Tokyo when I
found that the only recep in my hotel room was too far away from the
bed to comfortably surf while lounging. My understanding is that in
some places in Japan the power/receps may be different but I haven't
been to any of them.

I have a 9 ft drop cord I keep in my laptop case.

On 4/27/2012 11:53 AM, N8N wrote:
On Apr 25, 10:41 am, wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.

In some cases yes. In my laptop bag I have a power strip that I
purchased at a Lawson's (basically a Japanese 7-11) in Tokyo when I
found that the only recep in my hotel room was too far away from the
bed to comfortably surf while lounging. My understanding is that in
some places in Japan the power/receps may be different but I haven't
been to any of them.

The outlets are the same. The main difference is line frequency
"half" of Japan is on 50 Hz. The other is on 60 Hz That was one of
the reasons they were hurting when the Fukushima plants went offline
because of the tsunami.

"Metspitzer" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:41:15 -0400, Metspitzer
wrote:

I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

I was hoping a worldly person could answer this. I never leave the
recliner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmSFpXH7js

There's a thriving business in travel adapters for different sockets and
plugs so that you can plug things in when you travel. Personally, I use
something called "World Connect". See:
http://www.amazon.com/Swiss-Travel-P...ews/B000L9WTEU
It's a bit heavy, but it's always matched the sockets in the hotel rooms in
any country I've been in. The nice thing about computer power supplies and
cell phone chargers these days is that they work just fine on 50-60 Hertz
and 110-240 volts. Just plug them in via the adapter.

The first time I traveled to 220 volt Europe in the 1960s, I built an
adjustable resistor box for my electric razor and set the output voltage by
the sound of the motor. It was amazing that the motor didn't get fried.

Tomsic

On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:41:15 AM UTC-4, Metspitzer wrote:
I just saw a TV commercial. It was about two Asian girls fighting in
an Asian coffee shop. At the end of the commercial one of the two
girls plugs in a laptop. The outlet is shaped like the outlets we use
here in America.

That's because the "Asian coffee shop" is supposed to be here in America.

Do they use the same type outlets in the countries that drive on the
right side of the road?

No.