-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If the adaptor gets cooked there is no way to charge the battery. Like other aspects of life, it is always a good idea to have protection. You would want to bring along a portable surge protector, I have one made by APC that works well.
Andrew Anderson wrote: | OK.... | Sorry Szemir I must ask... | | Is that the counter to the beauty of small and ultralight eeepc? | | I may be wrong, but wouldn't the battery powered nature of the unit coupled | with the dc wall adapter provide a fair bit (more than enough I mean) of | surge protection? | | | On Monday 10 March 2008 06:38:31 pm bogi wrote: |> And when you get there, make sure you pick up a small ups, power 220-240v |> 50Hz, but brownouts are common, specially if you venture away from Major |> business districts where the power is generally of good quality. |> Cheers |> Szemir |> |> On March 10, 2008 16:36, John E Jardine wrote: |>> Hi, |>> |>> I can confirm that the charger that came with ours is dual (120/240) |>> rated. The only thing you should need is a plug converter. R/S sells |>> them for an outrageous amount and hence always has some in stock. I |>> have taken to buying my plug converters at the dollar store - they work |>> just fine and I've used them extensively. |>> |>> Cheers, |>> J.J. |>> |>> On Mon, 2008-03-10 at 16:29 -0600, Kin Wong wrote: |>>> You only need one adapter if you use an extension cord, but make sure |>>> the wire is rated for 110/240 otherwise you could cause an electrical |>>> fire. However do not take a power bar like I did, the good ones are |>>> surge protected and they will think 240 is a surge. Puff of blue smoke |>>> is what you will get. |>>> |>>> Regards, |>>> |>>> Kin |>>> |>>> |>>> ----- Original Message ----- |>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>>> To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> |>>> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 4:00:36 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver |>>> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] EEE PC ? |>>> |>>> Check the input voltage on the adapter (canadian) you already have. If |>>> it's anything like a normal laptop adapter it'll take 110- 240 VAC, |>>> which means it will work in any Country in Europe -- most are 240 V I |>>> think. |>>> |>>> You can buy adapter kits for the plug itself at most drug stores. I |>>> have found them at Shoppers (here) Carrefour (France) and Boots |>>> (England) as I seem to loose the damn things regularly. My point is |>>> they are not hard to find. |>>> |>>> Regards, |>>> |>>> Andrew. |>>> |>>>> Actually, the only potential issue is power. I think that they come |>>>> with an adaptor for Europe, but you should double-check. Wireless |>>>> networking is pretty standard. My Dad's using his in India right now |>>>> without any issues. |>>>> |>>>> Jesse |>>>> |>>>> |>>>> _______________________________________________ |>>>> clug-talk mailing list |>>>> [email protected] |>>>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca |>>>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) |>>>> **Please remove these lines when replying |>>>> |>>>> -- |>>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by |>>>> the Cistra MailScanner and is believed to be clean. |>>> -- |>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the |>>> Cistra MailScanner and is believed to be clean. |>>> |>>> |>>> _______________________________________________ |>>> clug-talk mailing list |>>> [email protected] |>>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca |>>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) |>>> **Please remove these lines when replying |> _______________________________________________ |> clug-talk mailing list |> [email protected] |> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca |> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) |> **Please remove these lines when replying | | | | _______________________________________________ | clug-talk mailing list | [email protected] | http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca | Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) | **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH1gcqwRXgH3rKGfMRAtipAKCnVqRpUPj4ytQls6M9aMlVQ3b6sACgm3l8 E/YSfwNBBZrIv+hjSD0vBDc= =l8HZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
