On 7/28/07, Barry Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Folks > > OK, I have to admit I'm slightly confused. It seems that some of you are > saying that all I need is the converter to fit my USA plug into an > Australian socket.
I know for a fact all you'll need for the K10D battery charger is a plug adapter. That's all I needed when I was in the US & Canada: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OzSavage/Misc/photo?authkey=TrIZRqTedfw#5092099075843897442> <http://picasaweb.google.com/OzSavage/Misc/photo?authkey=TrIZRqTedfw#5092099032894224466> Get a good quality one though. Mine is a cheap piece of junk that left the US plug half in the wall socket every time you pulled it out :-/ Then I lost one of the 3 internal contact pins at the GFM camp site and had to make a replacement from the metal pocket tab thingy from a pen. After that I glued the sucker together and didn't have any further problems with it. > I've written the above paragraph very carefully, since double entendre is so > easy, and seeing the response I got when I referred to my wife's > firmware..... I can understand that. This is the PDML. The home of bad puns and double entendre :-) > Meanwhile, others are saying I need a converter too? > > Does it matter that I'm planning on wanting to charge three devices: > --K10D battery charger > --white bread AA battery charger for an *istDs > --JoBo GigaOne memory drive Firstly check the specs printed on the back of the power supplies of the devices you're going to bring. I'll use the K10D's charger as an example: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OzSavage/Misc/photo?authkey=TrIZRqTedfw#5092098989944551490> As long as it gives a voltage range of around 100-250V, all you'll need is a US-Australian plug adapter. I took my laptop overseas with me and it's power supply displays the same voltage range. So all I needed for my trip was the plug adapter. > Sorry for being very opaque here, but it will be important for me not to fry > my batteries in the field.... Your K10D charger will be fine. I wouldn't worry about the AA charger too much, worse comes to worse you can pick one up locally for not much (or better yet just buy a big pack of disposable AA lithium cells and bring them with you). The portable hard drive power supply is the one to check though (I took one overseas too, but I charged it from the laptop via the USB connection). Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
