Foreign electrical standards

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hairsoup

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    I sell a lot of electrical items on one of my sites and sometimes i get orders from america and 9/10 times the order has to be refunded.

    america is the only country i can say for sure that has a different type of plug voltage to here, although i assume there are many others. Does anybody know where I can find information on what countries standards arent compatible with ours so that I can flash a warning to the user?
     
    Cornish Steve

    Cornish Steve

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    When I lived in Britain, most electrical equipment was sold without a plug; you had to add one yourself. In the US, everthing comes with a plug attached.

    As a world traveller, I find it a pain how different the voltage and outlets are around the world. I fried my cellphone in Greece, for example. Often, I can't get equipment to work because a socket will require an earthing prong. There are at least four socket shapes, and my universal adapter is forever breaking.

    If someone has a universal solution, I'd love to hear about it.
     
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    Cornish Steve

    Cornish Steve

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    hairsoup said:
    thanks for that, very useful.

    i may consider cross selling universal adapters to these foreign customers, can you recomend a good one goldctrsteve?
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    Nope. I'm still looking for a good one myself - and I've been searching for years. A good adaptor should make allowances for different voltages as well as different shapes. This would have saved my cellphone recharger in Greece.
     
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