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turkishlover25 · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 142 Location: Charleston, IL USA

How much does a foreign voltatage converter cost in Turkey, one powerful enough to handle my laptop?

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

get it where you live, as they are hard to find here. Your laptop should have an internal converter, however, and all you will need is an adaptor plug, which you can find here, though to be sure you should get it there. Radio Shack usually has this stuff. I got a converter at a travel store in Oregon for something I had brought from here.

justme · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 1944 Location: Istanbul

The converter I got (15-20 million if memory serves) didn't work with my laptop. My theory as to why is that the plug on my laptop is an AC converter, and the voltage converter is something similar, so it was like running the power through 2 set of coils which cause the computer to sort of fade off and on and the battery wouldn't charge. I just use a plug converter with it (1-2 million), but it does run awfully hot. It ran hot before (I think there's a problem with the fan) but now it's worse.

But the converter works fine with the few other electrical things I brought...

turkishlover25 · Joined: 27 Sep 2005 Posts: 142 Location: Charleston, IL USA

well i talked to some people at radioshack, though i'm not sure they're the most reputable electronic providers in the world, simply the closest to me. I'm bringing an 85watt voltage converter, which should work because my laptop is only 65watts, though I'm not sure about all the coil and ac stuff....