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Adapters, plugs, sockets, voltage and moreThis forum post has messages dated from 11/10/09 through 01/15/11, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it.
| Adapters, plugs, sockets, voltage and more I have known an unfortunate number of Americans who have killed dvd players, hairdryers, speakers etc that they have brought with them from home by plugging them in directly to Uruguay's 220volt electricity system.If you don't already know about the many different plug types in Uruguay then take a look at this article (link below). If you have any questions (or experiences with this stuff) feel free to talk about it here :) |
| "web site for electrics"
hello elaine, many thanks for an important article for everyone. i googled electric adapters and came up with www.beststuff.co.uk who appear to have useful adapters, voltage transformers that would be useful to people coming from the uk or us. i've not used them yet but hope this is a starting point. kind regards, jein |
| "Adapters and transformers"
Hi Jein, I hope people find the article helpful, thats the whole idea. As for the website...I think if you're coming from the UK or Ireland it shouldn't be too difficult to find adaptors from type G plugs to continental Europe 2 round prong plugs. They are even available in supermarkets these days because so many people take short hop holidays to Spain etc. Europeans won't need converters or transformers because our appliances take 220 volts, same as Uruguay. If you are coming from North America then you will need transformers if you want to use your electrical appliances but the ones for higher wattages weigh a lot! My friend has a transformer for US appliances up to 1000watts and it weighs 6.5kg! Nobody will want to pack that in their suitcase!!! You can buy transformers here in Uruguay, but really the best solution is to only bring the very minimum number of electrical appliances, especially high wattage stuff. |
| "Addition for Voltage Adapters section"
Elaine (and all the other contributors), I can't thank all of you enough for publicizing the pdf on Uruguay. This insight has given me the knowledge to make an informed decision choosing between moving to Panama or moving down with you and your friends. Not sure if this has been pointed out yet on the blog, this is my first visit and I don't quite know my way around yet... however, for the voltage adapter section in the free pdf publication, perhaps you can add in that almost every laptop and camera have built in adapters. If you have an inline power supply, just turn it over and read the back. Most all will state that they are good for 100 to 240 volts and 50 or 60 hertz. Just use the plug adapter to use the American prongs and plug it directly in to the Uruguay voltage. |
| "Another Article"
Thats some good information. I found another article which tells the types of adaptors that are used there. |
| "Barrage of Ads"
What a barrage of ads that web site has!I can't really read text with a lot of animated stuff on the page, but that page seems to have a great overview of some basic electrical terms and little about what adapters you actually need in Uruguay. URGENT POINT: Check your equipment BEFORE you plug it in to make sure it runs on 220V. If it requires 110V use a simple transformer you can buy locally in Montevideo, and as mentioned in the link in the original post here, make those plus with RED TAPE so you don't accept plug them in directly! For adapters between the various kinds of plugs you can buy those for a few bucks in a hardware or grocery store in Montevideo. There are too many possible styles to make it worth trying to buy before you come. Once you have a place you'll see the type(s) you need. |
| "Hard Time Reading???"
The website has ads on it, but it's not hard to read. I don't see the animated stuff you're referring to. I think it's a good site with good information. Just my thoughts. |
| "Advice"
i tried to write before but was too long. as i was saying take everything you have, there is a solution for all the appliances. in uruguay everything cost much more. take for instance (tools, generator(propane is cheaper to run)tvs with cable box and little transformer you can watch it no problem, washers are bigger, chain saw to cut lumber for winter or great parrilla, take adaptors, 3000watt transformer you can run all your tools and some more at the same time and take some small for tvs etc 250 to 500watts. good luck and wellcome to my beautyfull country, but don't tell everyone or will not be so pretty after that, jaja |
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