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Laurent S.

Jan 1, 1970
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******** UK power brick polarity

Greetings from France,

Father Christmas has brought us a British cordless
telephone with headset --- but lacking
its power brick (since wrong plug for France).

To set up a European power supply, I need to
learn the polarity of the DC power.

Here's the appearance of the plug to the power
inlet for the telephone: (use a constant width
font)

-----------\
=======| |
-----\ /
|| ||
|| ||
= =

Please tell us the British inside / outside
polarities.

Cheers

Laurent S.
 
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Joe Soap

Jan 1, 1970
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To set up a European power supply, I need to
learn the polarity of the DC power.

It varies

Usually the iside is positive, but IT VARIES.

Soetimes the polarity is marked on the device.
 
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Ken Taylor

Jan 1, 1970
0
Laurent said:
******** UK power brick polarity

Greetings from France,

Father Christmas has brought us a British cordless
telephone with headset --- but lacking
its power brick (since wrong plug for France).

To set up a European power supply, I need to
learn the polarity of the DC power.

Here's the appearance of the plug to the power
inlet for the telephone: (use a constant width
font)

-----------\
=======| |
-----\ /
|| ||
|| ||
= =

Please tell us the British inside / outside
polarities.

Cheers

Laurent S.

Why not tell us the make and model number so we have a chance to figure
it out?

Ken
 
C

CWatters

Jan 1, 1970
0
Laurent S. said:
Please tell us the British inside / outside
polarities.

You should have asked Santa for the power brick and a get a plug adaptor.

Most of these mains adaptors are center +ve however some of these adaptors
aren't just a constant DC output - some include the current limiting for the
battery charging.
 
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John G

Jan 1, 1970
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Laurent S. said:
******** UK power brick polarity

Greetings from France,

Father Christmas has brought us a British cordless
telephone with headset --- but lacking
its power brick (since wrong plug for France).

To set up a European power supply, I need to
learn the polarity of the DC power.

Here's the appearance of the plug to the power
inlet for the telephone: (use a constant width
font)

-----------\
=======| |
-----\ /
|| ||
|| ||
= =

Please tell us the British inside / outside
polarities.

Cheers

Laurent S.

You need to know the voltage as well and there is no such thing as a
standard BRITISH polarity .
The phone was most likely made in Sweden or China any way.
What you need is a phone purchased in France to be qualified for use on
the French system and a brick to match.

It is possible a British phone will not work in France and if it does
the French telecom may object if they catch you. Some countries are
particularly severe on non approved cordless phones.
 
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CWatters

Jan 1, 1970
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What you need is a phone purchased in France to be qualified for use on
the French system and a brick to match.

It is possible a British phone will not work in France and if it does
the French telecom may object if they catch you. Some countries are
particularly severe on non approved cordless phones.

If it's a DECT phone he should be ok.
 
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