From: Andrew Webber (awebber_at_sgml-mercs.com)
Date: Sun Nov 28 1999 - 19:16:32 EST
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 20:07:07 -1000, David Ross wrote:
>You might find that you don't even need an adapter in the
>UK - many UK bathrooms have shaver sockets on the wall,
>and these will accept US plugs. (Of course, this means
>using the battery except in the loo.)
Just don't get the TP mixed up! [sorry]
But surely the shaver outlet will be ungrounded? I shouldn't be
using that with my computer! (Should I?). I like your idea of the
power cable. I remember when I was in England many years ago, all
appliances came without a plug. Someone said it was because for 20
(or 30 or 40 or whatever) years, the UK had been planning on a new
standard, but it never happened. Meanwhile they kept selling
appliances plugless in case a new standard leapt on the scene!
I checked at Radio Shack today and they want C$5 (~U$3.65) for an
ungrounded UK power adapter. Which isn't that much cheaper than
the U$4 from the Utah site.
This adapter had a plastic third prong (as does the $4 ungrounded
one on the site). The RS guy was trying to tell me that they're
all like that, but I don't believe him (it only had two jacks on
the North-America side, so it wouldn't be any use to my TP anyway).
I think the UK phone adapter was about C$12, which _is_ much
cheaper than the U$13 (C$20) online.
Staples had a Samsonite travel site (multiple adapters, 4+3 I
think?) for C$27, which really isn't that much more than $12 for
the phone and (estimating) $9 for the grounded power at RS.
andrew
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