When on ship, I noticed that most sockets in the accommodation area were of the double pin European type.
Which I think is commonly called "Schuko".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko
There were plenty of adapters and appliances for the UK triple pin type plug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS_1363, and I was able to use a cheap Continental adapter from a well known high-street catalogue shop (though, actually, I didn't, I used the ones that were there).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ele ... al_adaptor
I notice that this adaptor provides no earth, and should thus only be used with "Class II" a.k.a. "double insulated" appliances.
I've seen these types of "4UK-to-1EU" adaptors on sale:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/extension-acces ... 18&sr=8-10
...but my first instinct would be to get a surge protected one, if I wanted to plug a laptop in, such as this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Masterplug-4gan ... 876&sr=8-3
Or some other intermediate protection
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Universa ... 16&sr=1-22
Any experiences or ideas?
Which I think is commonly called "Schuko".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko
There were plenty of adapters and appliances for the UK triple pin type plug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS_1363, and I was able to use a cheap Continental adapter from a well known high-street catalogue shop (though, actually, I didn't, I used the ones that were there).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ele ... al_adaptor
I notice that this adaptor provides no earth, and should thus only be used with "Class II" a.k.a. "double insulated" appliances.
I've seen these types of "4UK-to-1EU" adaptors on sale:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/extension-acces ... 18&sr=8-10
...but my first instinct would be to get a surge protected one, if I wanted to plug a laptop in, such as this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Masterplug-4gan ... 876&sr=8-3
Or some other intermediate protection
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Universa ... 16&sr=1-22
Any experiences or ideas?
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