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Milwaukiedave
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Location: Goseong
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 Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:43 am Post subject: Using Korean PMP in the US, plug question |
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| Does anyone know if I can get an adaptor for a Korean plug at Youngsan so I can use it in the US? I'm going home for a couple weeks and would like to take my PMP and the charger so I can use it while I'm traveling. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:47 am Post subject: |
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You'll have to check what's printed on the charger. If it says something like "110V-220V" then you can use it in the US with just a simple round-pin to flat-pin adapter.
If it says only "220V" then you'll need a voltage transformer. |
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swigs
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:43 am Post subject: |
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Good advice above.
A general (non-corporate) electric store should have adapters. But Yongsan would have them too. Near the main computer parts mart, Suin plaza (Sp?) Usually the venders on street level sell nick nacks like that.
I have a cheap general appliance store near me that has a mini electronic section and sells them for 300 won, next to the light bulbs. You might have something like that around you. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
You'll have to check what's printed on the charger. If it says something like "110V-220V" then you can use it in the US with just a simple round-pin to flat-pin adapter.
If it says only "220V" then you'll need a voltage transformer. |
Great advice. I'd add that step-down transformers (what you need to plug a Korean device into NA power) come in different sizes and prices. I bought one the size of two golf balls for $6 in the airport. It charged my DS just fine. You don't need a big expensive one. |
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b-class rambler
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: Using Korean PMP in the US, plug question |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
| Does anyone know if I can get an adaptor for a Korean plug at Youngsan so I can use it in the US? I'm going home for a couple weeks and would like to take my PMP and the charger so I can use it while I'm traveling. |
Aren't plugs in North America the same as in Japan? (Sorry, never been to North America but have been led to believe this)
If so, you can get a simple adaptor for a Korean plug at your local electrical hardware store for probably no more than W500. No need to go to Yongsan - provided, of course, that your Korean plug displays 110-220v or maybe 100-240v and you don't need a stepdown transformer. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 4:03 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks, I checked and it says 100-240V on the charger plug. I'll see if I can find an adaptor locally. If not, I might have to goto Youngsan. |
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b-class rambler
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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BTW, I just happened to notice they had that particular adaptor in Homeplus when I was shopping there last weekend.
There were two of them in a pack for about W1200. |
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