Comments on: An unexpected danger of Expat life in the Czech Republic

By: mobile kitchen business

mobile kitchen business — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:39:00 +0000

Yea these plugs can really mess up your electronic devices if you’re not careful. I traveled to Vietnam last summer and plugged my laptop into the sockets at a hotel. 1 hour later, my power adapter fried. Luckily, my laptop turned itself off and nothing else was fried. Thank goodness.

By: Ben @ Plumber Orange County

Ben @ Plumber Orange County — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:03:58 +0000

What, Scary stuff! I’ve just moved over to America from England and I wanted to find some adaptors, I will only use it for the small things I have though! Thats an amazing price for a tradesman only 22 quid! AND he had to leave to get parts! There are a lot of tradesmen in England willing to work hard my friend, however the prices are a lot higher yes! I guess every cloud has a silver lining!

By: Mafia Costumes

Mafia Costumes — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:03:44 +0000

Hey Ricky,
I’m originally from New Zealand but am now living in London. I was shocked at how different the UK plugs are compared to back home when I arrived here – they are so much bigger and have square pins (we have flat pins). Wouldnt it be great if there were worldwide universal plugs…
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By: Locate Mobile Phones

Locate Mobile Phones — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:14:30 +0000

An interesting account of your time in Prague. There are two issues you have identified here, the first is the perennial tradesperson issue in terms of quality and quantity of work compared to the UK tradesperson and more importantly that these temporary adpaters should not be used for higher amp appliances. I hope by now you have changed out most of your electrical goods?

By: Eve@Houston Electrician

Eve@Houston Electrician — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:56:29 +0000

I was going to move to Belize for a year and since it was previously a British colony (like 20 years ago) I thought they would have European outlets… so I bought a dozen or so plug converters and took them with me down there (considering I packed minimally, suitcase space was valuable) to discover I didn’t need them.

I have invested in a portable solar charger ($20) for my phone/AA batteries now just to make sure I have my basics covered no matter where I go!

By: speed dating nyc

speed dating nyc — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:28:03 +0000

First time I went to London, was also the first time I have be outside of the US, I was shocked that my plugs werent compatible. It shocked me as much as this post I thought there were only 2 types of socket plugs… European and American. This is really interesting.

By: Appliance Repair

Appliance Repair — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:05:23 +0000

I love reading stories like this from overseas.

I wouldn’t think right off hand that a dish washer would use that much current but I guess it does. That heating element in there is just like one that would be in an oven, so it makes sense.

One easy way to make a dish washer clean more efficiently is to turn the hot water on at the sink before you turn the dish washer on. This ensures that when you turn the dish washer on it instantly gets hot water to fill with. And we all know hot water cleans best.

By: Philip Hawkins Edinburgh Wedding Photographer

Philip Hawkins Edinburgh Wedding Photographer — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:26:25 +0000

I have several different adaptors for when I shoot weddings oversea’s as I have so many chargers for my equipment. Up here in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands where the roads are much more traffic free, its quite common for drivers from oversea’s to ‘forget’ they should be on the ‘other side of the road’. I was nearly ran off a cliffside road en route to photographing a wedding by a tourist who came drifting around a bend on my side of the road! Please take care everyone.

By: Refacing Kitchen Cabinets

Refacing Kitchen Cabinets — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:37:24 +0000

In the past I’ve cut off the third prong to fit in a two prong plug-in. But now when I think about it I don’t think it was very smart due to the lack of voltage I prevented.

By: Ian @ Illegal Alien Costumes

Ian @ Illegal Alien Costumes — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:23:31 +0000

Im currently living in France and have faced the same problem (regarding the electrical plugs). I ended up buying an adapter at the airport which set me back about 30 Euros but at least now I can travel anywhere in Europe and be plugged in. This is worth thinking about if you’re planning on traveling over here some time.
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