One of our hurdles moving overseas was figuring out how our electronics would—or wouldn’t—function in Italy.
Once arriving, we learned that dealing with multiple plug types is far more common in Europe than it was in the United States.
For those of you who do much International travel or have some International mission trips under your belt, you’re probably already well aware. There’s nothing like having a piece of essential electronics, a charger, a power source, but absolutely no way to get them to cooperate with each other.
Perhaps this worldwide travel plug guide can be of some help:
Worldwide Travel Plug Guide
Sometimes more importantly than the shape of the plug head, is the amps and voltage of your device.
BE CAREFUL WITH ADAPTORS!
Just because you can figure out a way to plug it into a socket, doesn’t mean that you won’t ruin your charger, cord, or electronics!
I’ve also found it to be true that if you are using a 110 volt device, for instance, with an ‘International travel adapter’ in a country with 220 volts, it can lead to burning-up the device. There are also instances when it has nothing to do with the device and everything to do with the adaptor; so if you purchase an adapter for your device in your destination country, you’ll be perfectly fine (my kids did this with their Gameboys).
So like I said, be careful!
[via visually | Clipped plug image via Robert S. Donovan via Compfight cc]
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