Actually, I can give you an exact snapshot of the plugs in the Sheraton
rooms.

They are standard grounded three prong US/Canada 110V plugs.

>From our site visit earlier this year, this is what is in the room next to
the work desk:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania-2017-sheraton-plugs.jpg

The good news is they have four power plugs by default, a USB port, and if
you want to plug in your own video you can.

-Andrew


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On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 9:52 AM, Béria Lima <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't know the specifics of the Sheraton Hotel, but in all the places in
> Montréal I visited they use the type B Socket.
>
> On Jul 18, 2017 8:18 AM, "Cornelius Kibelka" <cornelius.kibelka@wikimedia.
> de> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have to ask one of these naive (European) questions:
>>
>> My colleagues and me, we have mostly adapters for the "B" socket type
>> (those with a round grounding). Can we use them in the Sheraton hotel – or
>> do we need the "A" socket type adapters (those sockets without an entry for
>> the round grounding)?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> cheers
>>
>> Cornelius
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