Comments on: Traveling Abroad? Skip the Power Strip.

By: road warrior

road warrior — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:24:34 +0000

One thing I have done is ask the maintenance person if they have one (assuming they have a maintenance person.) The other thing I have done is go to a hardware or general store and buy a power strip there if they are available. But the cube tap is a good easy answer and the extension cord is another good one.

By: gaiageek

gaiageek — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:58:25 +0000

You need a voltage converter if, for example, you want to use a device that is designed for 110 volts on foreign electrical current that is 220 volts. Nearly all newer laptops and many other consumer electronics will automatically sense/switch to the correct voltage. You can check this by looking at the power adapter’s specs: where it says “INPUT” it should say “100-240V” or something similar. If it says this, then you only need a plug adapter.

By: traveler

traveler — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:27:47 +0000

for most laptops don’t you just need a converter and not an adapter?