acover4422
- Oct 22, 2012
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Hi there,
My husband and I are looking to move from the US to the UK, where there are different adapters, different currents, etc. I'm originally from the UK, and I brought a fantastic hairdryer with me to the US. It was powerful and really packed a punch, but once I'd put a converter plug thingy (whatever these are called) onto it, it was like having a bat breathe on my head.
We're wondering how we will know which of our electronics will work (for example, I have a set of iPod speakers which work perfectly with a converter) and which will end up like the hairdryer. Neither of us have a very good understanding of electronics and currents and wattages (I'm particularly clueless, as you may be able to tell) work, but if there's a way to look at the plug of something and read the wattage and figure it out that way, we could probably do that!
While I'm perfectly willing to figure it out myself once I know how, here's the list of things we're wondering about, if anyone would find that helpful:
- Colour baby video monitor (camera, and charger for handheld receiver)
- Washer
- Dryer
- Sewing machine
- Kitchen appliances: electric wine bottle opener; 'Baby Bullet' (a baby food maker, sort of a super-powerful blender)
- Printer
- Xbox 360 with Kinect (while we're at it, will our US-bought Xbox games work on a UK-bought Xbox?)
- Floor lamp
- Energy-saving lightbulbs - that may sound daft, but we just bought enough for the whole house and boy were they expensive!
Thanks, everyone!
My husband and I are looking to move from the US to the UK, where there are different adapters, different currents, etc. I'm originally from the UK, and I brought a fantastic hairdryer with me to the US. It was powerful and really packed a punch, but once I'd put a converter plug thingy (whatever these are called) onto it, it was like having a bat breathe on my head.
We're wondering how we will know which of our electronics will work (for example, I have a set of iPod speakers which work perfectly with a converter) and which will end up like the hairdryer. Neither of us have a very good understanding of electronics and currents and wattages (I'm particularly clueless, as you may be able to tell) work, but if there's a way to look at the plug of something and read the wattage and figure it out that way, we could probably do that!
While I'm perfectly willing to figure it out myself once I know how, here's the list of things we're wondering about, if anyone would find that helpful:
- Colour baby video monitor (camera, and charger for handheld receiver)
- Washer
- Dryer
- Sewing machine
- Kitchen appliances: electric wine bottle opener; 'Baby Bullet' (a baby food maker, sort of a super-powerful blender)
- Printer
- Xbox 360 with Kinect (while we're at it, will our US-bought Xbox games work on a UK-bought Xbox?)
- Floor lamp
- Energy-saving lightbulbs - that may sound daft, but we just bought enough for the whole house and boy were they expensive!
Thanks, everyone!