Traveling to Spain: Help with plug adapters, please!?
I'm going to Spain for a couple of months and I would like to bring along my laptop, hair dryer, and curling iron. I've been trying to figure out what sorts of adapters/converters I need.. but I'm really confused and scared I will break my things!
I live in Canada so that's what all of my devices are currently set up to work with.
My laptop info:
The AC/DC adapter says "input 100-240V, 1.2A, 50-60Hz LPS" and "output 19V, 1.58A"
The laptop itself says "DC rating 19V --- 1,58A". The line separating the two is an odd symbol I'm not familiar with, it's like and "=" sign except the bottom part is made up of dashes.
Hairdryer:
125V AC 60Hz 1875W
Curling Iron:
125V AC 60Hz 300W
So if anyone could tell me the things I need to buy to use these devices in Spain I would really appreciate it!!!
You should go to a luggage shop. They will help you out with everything you need.
You'll need an adapter for each item (might as well, right? Cause, you know, you may want to have them all plugged in at the same time.
You know, it's actually easier to just go spend twenty dollars and buy a new curling iron and hair dryer that are automatically dual voltage.
I'd say go get something for the laptop, but it's already dual voltage. That's what the 100 - 240V means. It's really quite common, these days.
You CELLPHONE is going to be an issue, too. Get a solar charger, if you want...my friend loved hers, and my phone (which I was only using to take photos for IT) ruined the battery on the DC voltage. I'd be careful about charging batteries there. But then, it might just be that mine was getting to the end of its life.
Go to Wal-mart or Target and pick up new hair appliances. It's easier, and less expensive, and less space/weight in your luggage.
The adapters are easily purchased in Spain for about the same price, anyway. They sell them at hardware stores...there's two or more hardware stores on every block in Spain!
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