-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > On Tue, April 22, 2008 5:19 am, Jeremy List wrote: >> I would be very surprised if there was any law in New Zealand against >> importing things with foreign power plugs as a few years ago I bought a >> palm treo which required an adaptor. >> >> Adaptors for devices which have the wrong shape of plug but don't mind >> 240V AC @ 50Hz are much cheaper and more efficient than ones which >> actually convert the electricity to whatever voltage is standard in the >> U.S. When I finally get a freerunner, would I fry the charger and/or the >> phone by using that kind of power supply? > > I doubt this will be a problem. If you look at the photograph of the > charger and it's adapters. You can see that the charger has flat prongs > for American sockets, and that two adapters are supplied. On the top right > is an adapter with two round pins suitable for most parts of western > Europe. On the bottom right is one with three rectangular prongs for the > UK and some former British colonies such as India. > > These days most wall wart adapters are switch mode power supplies and can > handle a large range of voltages, so I would be quite surprised if the > Freerunner one can't, though obviously I will check the rating printed on > it before I plug it into the mains for the first time. > > http://quickstart.openmoko.org/photographs/usbChargerAdapters1.jpg > > -- > David Pottage > > Error compiling committee.c To many arguments to function.
Sadly none of those adaptors will actually fit into the wall in NZ. Fortunately if the voltage is compatible I can get an adaptor from my nearest supermarket. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Type_I_.28Australian.2FNew_Zealand_.26_Chinese.2FArgentine_2.2F3-pin.29 Our wall sockets look like this one. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIDmRGjK3MZIZPmKIRAkIrAKDYrZ38y5aCPUnoBS0psO4IWwxOHQCeMTUt QCqpwy90dzS35+YiQlZ7+mw= =6d6w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community