Germany to uk plug rewiring...
 

Hi, i'm just wondering if anyone here can help?

I've bought a laptop from germany and i live in the uk, the laptop will come with a power supply that will work in the uk (switching kind) however the plug will be germany 2 prong type.

Is it easy to take the plug off and rewire with a uk plug?

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:57:05 UTC, drky
wrote:


Hi, i'm just wondering if anyone here can help?

I've bought a laptop from germany and i live in the uk, the laptop will
come with a power supply that will work in the uk (switching kind)
however the plug will be germany 2 prong type.

Is it easy to take the plug off and rewire with a uk plug?

If it's the flat type (similar to the ones on, say, electric razors) you
can also get permanent adaptors; basically a 13 amp plug(top) that
takes the plug, then you tightne the cover down and it all locks into
place. CPC do them.

"drky" wrote in message
...

Hi, i'm just wondering if anyone here can help?

I've bought a laptop from germany and i live in the uk, the laptop
will
come with a power supply that will work in the uk (switching kind)
however the plug will be germany 2 prong type.

Is it easy to take the plug off and rewire with a uk plug?


Basically, if you need to ask such a basic question, no - best get
someone who knows how to wire a plug to show you....

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:57:05 +0100, drky wrote:


Hi, i'm just wondering if anyone here can help?

I've bought a laptop from germany and i live in the uk, the laptop will
come with a power supply that will work in the uk (switching kind)
however the plug will be germany 2 prong type.

Is it easy to take the plug off and rewire with a uk plug?

It will probably have one of 3 types of standard mains connectors (IEC, figure-8 and another that
looks like a 3-way figure-8) that go into the PSU - UK style leads are readily and cheaply available
for at least 2 of them.

In message , drky
writes

Hi, i'm just wondering if anyone here can help?

I've bought a laptop from germany and i live in the uk, the laptop will
come with a power supply that will work in the uk (switching kind)
however the plug will be germany 2 prong type.

Is it easy to take the plug off and rewire with a uk plug?

Ich glaube schon

Although, if it's not a pikey laptop, it will prolly come with a mains
cable which plugs into the PSU, and you could just buy a new cable

Or ... you can get UK plug adapters which fit over the European plug and
convert them. Quite a lot of kit comes with these adapters nowadays


--
geoff

In article , "drky"
says...

Hi, i'm just wondering if anyone here can help?

I've bought a laptop from germany and i live in the uk, the laptop will
come with a power supply that will work in the uk (switching kind)
however the plug will be germany 2 prong type.

Is it easy to take the plug off and rewire with a uk plug?

I've found that a shaver adapter works fine :-)

Yes; simple

Mike Harrison wrote:
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 14:57:05 +0100, drky wrote:

I've bought a laptop from germany and i live in the uk, the laptop will
come with a power supply that will work in the uk (switching kind)
however the plug will be germany 2 prong type.

It will probably have one of 3 types of standard mains connectors (IEC, figure-8 and another that
looks like a 3-way figure-8) that go into the PSU - UK style leads are readily and cheaply available
for at least 2 of them.

Maplin do all three types: IEC, fig 8, and clover leaf.


--
David Clark

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I've bought a laptop from germany and i live in the uk, the laptop will
come with a power supply that will work in the uk (switching kind)
however the plug will be germany 2 prong type.

Buy a new cable. It's safer and you'll still have the euro plug.

Christian.

:::Jerry:::: wrote:
"drky" wrote in message

Is it easy to take the plug off and rewire with a uk plug?

Basically, if you need to ask such a basic question, no - best get
someone who knows how to wire a plug to show you....

it does seem a worrying question... think I'll second Jerrys
suggestion, get someone to show you how to do it.

NT

drky wrote:

Hi, i'm just wondering if anyone here can help?

I've bought a laptop from germany and i live in the uk, the laptop will
come with a power supply that will work in the uk (switching kind)
however the plug will be germany 2 prong type.

Is it easy to take the plug off and rewire with a uk plug?


yes.

yes, just no earth