For my fellow North Americans, I got a two pack of these on Amazon before traveling to Germany.
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For my fellow North Americans, I got a two pack of these on Amazon before traveling to Germany. They were much cheaper than ones I saw for sale there. The two prong adapters on the side also proved very helpful. The hotel had 110V outputs for electric shavers. You can very most likely save money and not buy the more expensive step down converters.
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@vwbusguy Once upon a time in globalization most shavers accepted 110 or 220 because it was cheaper to manufacture things that way and the only difference was the cable.
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@vwbusguy iirc, the razor outlets are 110 at 50hz, not 60 hz.
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@jim It was unfortunately not true for the electric razor I took to Ireland in 2003. It worked very well for 20 seconds and then let out the magic smoke.
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Scott Williams 🐧replied to Kyle Davis last edited by [email protected]
@linux_mclinuxface To be precise, it is 115V. I was just sticking to the colloquial 110/220. I'm not sure the ramifications of this for an electric shaver otherwise.
The biggest thing I know for the Hz is the difference between PAL and NTSC.
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@vwbusguy yeah, 5v won’t change anything but the frequency will.
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@linux_mclinuxface Fair enough. My current electric razer is a Wahl with a DC brick and an internal battery, so it's luckily not so much an issue for me.
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Scott Williams 🐧replied to Scott Williams 🐧 last edited by
@linux_mclinuxface Side note: My Wahl was well worth the extra money. It's held up way better and longer than the cheaper electric shavers I was using before.
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@vwbusguy yeah, I have a usb charging beard trimmer. Side stepping the whole issue!
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@vwbusguy Depending on what you use adapters might not be needed. For example a lot of notebook supplies can switch voltage on their own
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@thaodan Here's what I meant:
Adapter - Let's you plug a north American plug into a European style plug, but at the same voltage.
Converter - Does what an adapter does, but also steps the voltage down to 110V.
My intended point: You can probably get by with the adapter and don't need a converter, which I think is what you're also saying, but implying conversion when you say adapter?
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Scott Williams 🐧replied to Scott Williams 🐧 last edited by
@thaodan (The distinction between "adapter" and "converter" for these products took me a second to grok when I was researching before buying, especially since when you search for one, you often see the other in the results.)