Korean Job Discussion Forums

[mogbert]

i'm from the states and i need a few plug converters. a few of the double same sized prongs and the three pronged adapters. i also have a dvd player that has one prong slightly larger than the other. anyone?

[peppermint]

A few? It might be cheaper to replace your electronics. . Laptop computers generally just need a little inexpensive thing that changes the American style plug into a Korean one.

For anything else you'll need a current converter and those are biggish, heavy and run around 15,000-20,000 each, I'm not even sure if you can plug two things into one of them at a time. On the upside, you should be able to go to any hardware store, ask for a "trans" and they'll help you out.

[mogbert]

thanks for the tips. i'll check out some hardware stores this weekend. i think anything that states 100-240w or v (i can't remember what it says) can easily use the little converter. i have one and it has worked for everythng i have except the dvd player which has the different sized prongs and a dvd burner that has a three prong plug.

[AndersonKrause111]

What do you ask for if you want to buy the little plug for a laptop?

And where would one generally find said plug?

[Demophobe]

[mindmetoo]

See if you can't just buy new cables for some of your things. For example I have an electric razor. I pull out the western cable/plug and pop in a korean cable/plug. Most computer hardware you should be able to buy a local cable/plug for it.

[mog]

Are you still in the states? Easy to get there.

[Wangja]

Where the gear is multi-voltage the simplest solution is to cut off the American type and fit the international type, which are available earthed and non-earthed.

[T-dot]

just go to e-mart and pick 1 up for about 20,000.