Please do not send I am UNSCUBSCRIBED [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Pascoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful
> You connect a 13 amp plug to a european socket with a pen knife? Isn't > that > a bit, um, dangerous? > > <giggles manically> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Sladen > Sent: 28 June 2007 11:03 > To: British Ubuntu Talk > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell & Ubuntu - gradually looking more hopeful > > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Kris Marsh wrote: >> Most PSUs these days seem to be rated 100-240V 50-60Hz, so [..] all you >> need is a plug converter/travel adaptor. > > Changing countries is even simpler; just replace the cable that goes from > the wall-socket to the "cover-leaf" IEC C7 or "figure-of-8" IEC C5 socket > on > the PSU. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_connector > > I carry a single Europlug->Modified C5 cable for both laptops and electric > shaver---considerably smaller than the suppiled cables and easier to force > into more socket types (all of Europe + British 13Amp with a pen{,knife}). > > -Paul > -- > Why do one side of a triangle when you can do all three. Helsinki, FI > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.9.10/875 - Release Date: 27/06/2007 > 21:08 > > ---------------------------------------------------- > This message has been processed by Firetrust Benign. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
