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[William Beckerson]

This is my first laptop, so I dont know to much about them, but what do I need to do / buy to be able to take the thing to nations that dont have little round plugs or 220volts?

Like Japan, or Canada.

It's a Dreambook, made here. It's decent enough, but I'd hate to have to place it in "storage" (Storage being my Ex's apartment.)

Also, the battery is toast. Where' a good place to buy a new one? Something a little more specific than "Yongsan", please.

[ulsanchris]

i noticed that my laptop came with a similar looking ac/dc adapter as my sony handicam.
When i was in canada with my handicam I bought the power cord that goes from the adapter to the wall plug in (from radio shack) and used that to charge my handicam. before actually charging my battery i tested to it to make sure it was producing the right voltage and amps.
I imagine it would work the same way for your laptop. If i understand the adapter for my laptop correctly then i can plug it into a wall plug that puts out between 100-240 volts. All you have to do is make sure that the wall outlet falls in between the voltage reading and by the appropiate power cord.

[kangnamdragon]

Yes, you either need a new A/C adaptor, or more likely one of those prong converters. It should be bought here for about 500 won. It is called a "jack" in Konglish.

[Sejong]

Look on the bottom (or on the battery pack), there should be a little sticker that tells you the acceptable voltage range. It's almost certainly going to be something close to 110-220 V... which means it'll run fine in Canada and most other countries, altough you will need a plug adaptor.

[dogbert]

William, you might want to just buy a separate cable with a 110 v prong that you can attach directly to the adapter, something like the cord on the right:





They sell these at Yongsan at the Sunin Complex.

[William Beckerson]

Thanks guys. I'm good for 110v to 240v.

I can go to Australia if I wanted to

[dogbert]

Australia has the most weird-ass electrical outlets I've ever seen. Go prepared.

[William Beckerson]

I'd have to practice me croc-wrestling before I even consider it.

[The evil penguin]

It's not the crocs you have to worry about mate. Its those killer koalas....
AKA: "drop bears". They leap out of trees onto american/canadian tourists and chew on their ears and pinch thier wallets. Or handbags.

Also be sure to dingo-proof your baby if you want one to bring one of those over......



BTW, are our electrical thingos so strange? 3 prongs, postive negative and earth. How simpler can you get?

[dogbert]

[Clutch Cargo]

[The Lemon]

[jaebea]

Australian ones look a lot like the mask that the killer in "Scream" wears.

! :)

Shouldn't be too hard to source alternative plugs, the advice here is pretty sound. Any laptop shop will be able to help, but you may find it easier to source the proper plug when you actually arrive in the foreign country.

Any chance you're coming to Australia? :)

jae.