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Demonicat · Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 65 Location: Near Shida, Taipei

No no, I'm saying that laptops may also have a built in adapter/converter, in which case all you would need is a new cord to fit the wall plug. The cost for that is usually VERY cheap.
Edit: Actually, you should have no problem, peep this site http://kropla.com/electric.htm . If you don't feel like reading the whole thing, here is the important part-

PlasticPill · Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 51 Location: usa

If you must take other types of electrical appliances with you abroad, your best bet is to buy travel-size dual-voltage appliances that can run on both 110 and 220-volt currents. Make sure the switch is on the proper voltage for the country you are in before using the appliance. You will also need to carry adaptor plugs with you to fit the outlets in the countries you're visiting.

I'm not sure, but I think thats whats I need. Thanks for the help, I appriciate it.

PlasticPill · Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 51 Location: usa

So does anyone know a site that I can purchase the proper voltage converter for my laptop ((usa)) to work in Indonesia? I just purchased one today, but the damn thing only transfers up to 50 watts...My laptop will be using much more power then that.

wannaBguru · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 110

go to radio shack in america. they have 85 watts

Gajah Oling · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 62 Location: Jawa

Take a look at the AC adapter for your laptop. On the big "brick" between the cable that goes to the outlet to retrieve AC and the cable that leads to your laptop with sweet DC there should be a lable describing the adapter's rating. Look for "Input" and following that I suspect you'll see something similar to this: 100-240V~1.8A 50-60HZ. If you see something like this, it basically means that your laptop doesn't care where it gets it's water. All you need to do is purchase the adapter plug to fit the proper socket (under $2). I took my laptop to Poland and had no problems using this solution.

PlasticPill · Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 51 Location: usa

Oh yes.

Input: 100-240V~, 50/60Hz 1.5A
Output: 20V 4.5A

Ok, I know which adapter you're talking about. Almost bought it thinking it WOULD converter voltage, when later I discovered it did not.
Anyway..

So all I need is that outlet adapter? Hell yes!

Thank you SO SO much.

guruengerish · Joined: 28 Mar 2004 Posts: 424 Location: Australia

HA!

I loved the list of things to bring including pith helmet. Actually, I found a cloth hat very useful, just to keep the sun off my thinning hair.

The brass scales was something I did buy on a trip to Singapore. It came in handy to pre-weigh mail (before email was readily available) and to save the endles queues at the PO, where the mail was weighed, then another queue to buy the stamps, and a third queue to have them checked and franked.

The PO and I often disagreed about the correct stamps, as their scales were out by some grams.

A good 'power board' was useful, which I had all my computer parts such as printer, scanner etc connected to. The average room seemed to have only one power outlet, and then the durned plug would fall out of the wall at the wrong moment.

The trips to Singapore were great, as I could stock up on Meusli and decent jam, not full of preservatives.