Hi, On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Steve Langasek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 10:11:41AM +0200, Elmar Heeb wrote: >> On 6.Aug.2013, at 22:49 , Geert Stappers <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Today I learned the hardway that Switserland has it own powerplug standard. >> > My assumption that the Swiss in Europe and that schuko will fit, >> > was wrong. > >> > See >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Swiss_SEV_1011_.28Swiss_10.C2.A0A.2F250.C2.A0V.29.28Type_J.29 >> > for more information. And to known what to bring to Vaumarcus. > >> This is one point on the general information page of the DebConf13 Wiki: >> https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf13/Welcome#Power_Outlets > >> I would recommend everybody to read the rest of that page too. (Thank you >> to the organizing team for putting this together) > > Knowing that an adapter is needed is not much help if you don't know where > to purchase one. I have been unable to find any Swiss adapters for sale > here in the US - ironically, I did find a Swiss-*branded* set of universal > adapters in the store, which covered most of the world but *not* > Switzerland.
I was able to find a set on Amazon[1], but I'm counting on my Type-C Europlug adapters fitting in the sockets as mentioned in the wiki, so I didn't actually order any of the Swiss plugs. I'm suddenly getting nervous about whether this plan will actually work, but figure it will work out somehow in the end. The concern [2] about losing grounding is minor to me as none of the devices I'll bring have a third prong for grounding anyway. Regards ~isaac 1 - "Ceptics Grounded Universal Plug Adapter for Switzerland (Type J) - 3 Pack", although I can't vouch for anything about them. 2 - Mentioned earlier in this thread by Christian PERRIER > What's the best way to get these adapters? Most DebConf attendees will need > them - either individual adapters, or power strips with the right plug type. > Would it be possible for someone local to source a number of these - > preferably at a better price than we will individually find them at the > airport - and either sell them to attendees, or get this approved into the > DebConf budget? It doesn't make sense to me to make each attendee spend > ~8CHF/person on adapters when the problem can probably be solved centrally > for half that. > > -- > Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS > Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. > Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ > [email protected] [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss > _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
