Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-21 Thread Mark
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Matt Emson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our pugs are actually safer because you can't pull them out by the flex, > so you don't stress the chord or pull the wires out of the plug. All > plugs are easily removed though. They just pull out. The switch turns > off

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-20 Thread Luca Olivetti
En/na Matt Emson ha escrit: > Our pugs are actually safer because you can't pull them out by the flex, > so you don't stress the chord or pull the wires out of the plug. All > plugs are easily removed though. They just pull out. The switch turns > off the power when not in use. Otherwise the ou

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-20 Thread Matt Emson
Luca Olivetti wrote: >> I find US and European outlets scary as heck, because they usually >> have no on/off switch. It's fairly rare to find an outlet int he UK >> without a on/off switch. >> > > Maybe that's because your huge plug it's too difficult to unplug we > just unplug them ;-) > O

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-20 Thread Luca Olivetti
El Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:11:06 + Matt Emson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > I find US and European outlets scary as heck, because they usually > have no on/off switch. It's fairly rare to find an outlet int he UK > without a on/off switch. Maybe that's because your huge plug it's too difficul

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-20 Thread Matt Emson
Theodore Tso wrote: > This is all true, but those plugs take up a huge amount of space in > laptop bags... and the number of times that I've had my equipment > blow up due to grounding problems or power surges is nil. And a fuse > doesn't protect against voltage spikes. > Size is relative. Dep

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-20 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:50:54PM +, Peter Flynn wrote: > The other charger that *does* work with the N800 (and is much smaller > and neater) is my daughter's Nokia cellphone charger, but AFAIK you > can't buy this particular one separately. Why Nokia screw us around this > way is beyond me

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-20 Thread Theodore Tso
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:13:46PM +, Matt Emson wrote: > UK (and Irish) plugs are completely different. They are far, far safer > in practice. Each plug has a rated fuse (3, 5 and 13 amps are common in > various devices.) Our plugs are designed to fail at the plug before > damaging the appl

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-20 Thread Matt Emson
Jerry Van Baren wrote: > Luca Olivetti wrote: > >> En/na Kip Warner ha escrit: >> >> >>> Thank you, I think I will do that. I haven't been to Europe, but is >>> there just one standard plug across the EU, or do they vary? >>> >> The do vary but generally only the earth plug, so if yo

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-20 Thread Jarmo.Tikka
Hi, >Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:48:09 -0700 >From: Kip Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: N810 European Power Adapter > >I bought my N810 in Canada, and so it uses a standard North >American power adapter. > >Is it easy to acquire one usable in Europe from over the

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-19 Thread Jerry Van Baren
Luca Olivetti wrote: > En/na Kip Warner ha escrit: > >> Thank you, I think I will do that. I haven't been to Europe, but is >> there just one standard plug across the EU, or do they vary? > > The do vary but generally only the earth plug, so if you use a 2 prongs > adapter (i.e. with no earth pl

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-19 Thread Peter Flynn
Steve Yelvington wrote: > Kip Warner wrote: >> I bought my N810 in Canada, and so it uses a standard North American >> power adapter. >> >> Is it easy to acquire one usable in Europe from over there? If so, how >> much are they, and can they be used all across Europe? I bought mine for my N800 (I

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-19 Thread Mark
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Kip Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I bought my N810 in Canada, and so it uses a standard North American > power adapter. > > Is it easy to acquire one usable in Europe from over there? If so, how > much are they, and can they be used all across Europe? > >

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-19 Thread Luca Olivetti
En/na Kip Warner ha escrit: > Thank you, I think I will do that. I haven't been to Europe, but is > there just one standard plug across the EU, or do they vary? The do vary but generally only the earth plug, so if you use a 2 prongs adapter (i.e. with no earth plug, enough for the tablet), it wi

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-19 Thread Kip Warner
On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 16:53 -0400, Steve Yelvington wrote: > Kip Warner wrote: > > I bought my N810 in Canada, and so it uses a standard North American > > power adapter. > > > > Is it easy to acquire one usable in Europe from over there? If so, how > > much are they, and can they be used all acros

Re: N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-19 Thread Steve Yelvington
Kip Warner wrote: > I bought my N810 in Canada, and so it uses a standard North American > power adapter. > > Is it easy to acquire one usable in Europe from over there? If so, how > much are they, and can they be used all across Europe? > The light gray print on your power supply should have it

N810 European Power Adapter

2008-03-19 Thread Kip Warner
I bought my N810 in Canada, and so it uses a standard North American power adapter. Is it easy to acquire one usable in Europe from over there? If so, how much are they, and can they be used all across Europe? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.