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Jellybean · Joined: 17 Jan 2006

Hi

Wondering if I can buy the right appliance 'thingo' that will allow me to plug in appliances I bring from Australia? Where can I get this and what should I ask for? Also will I need more than one?

Thanks
JB

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

Hi

All you will need is an adaptor. You will most probably be able to get one at the airport or any big electrical store.

Ilovebdt

Wangja · Joined: 17 May 2004 Location: Seoul, Yongsan

Yes, that's true, but some stuff ain't worth the weight.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

A clock radio is really hard to find in Korea. The clock radios I've found have an LCD time display which makes them useless at night in the dark. I hate waking up to a BEEP BEEP. I like to wake up to music. A clock radio might be worth packing and would probably run no probs with a plug adaptor. However, a hair dryer sucks up major major wattage. You'd need to buy a heavy duty converter and that would be pricey. Unless your hair dryer is magical and the only one that reliably gives you good hair days, it's cheaper in the long run to buy a local or chinese made one here in Korea. They're cheap.

Jellybean · Joined: 17 Jan 2006

Thanks for the info and especially thanks Mindmetoo for the heads up on the clock radio and hairdryer situation. I also prefer to wake to music so I'll definitely bring it along. Plus it will be something of mine from home.

JB

Horangi Munshin · Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Location: Busan

You might be wasting your time bringing a clockradio from Australia. What is the power in Aussie? 50hz to 60hz (NZ to Korea) means a clockradio is useless as an alarm or for telling the time.

desultude · Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:54 am Post subject:

I'm still trying to visualize a hairdryer/clock radio. I get bored drying my hair, but I can still wait a few minutes to hear the radio again. Shocked

Mills · Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Location: Incheon

Ekuboko · Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Location: ex-Gyeonggi

blackjack · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Location: anyang

it would pay to get an adaptor in australia, you can find them here, but it can be quite hard to find unless you read speak korean or have a friend find it for you, esp if you want to use it in the first week or two. The power plugs are just two straight round pins, should be easy to find in any tramping/travelling place or the airport

They do have them at wal-mart, but you have to find them yourself (well i did, the staff had no idea what i was talking about and kept taking me over to the voltage converter). like the other person said the power voltage over here is the same as NZ/aust

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Are you sure you can find a radio station worth listening to at wake up time?

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Edith Metcalfe · Joined: 01 Jun 2005

Just buy it here. Things like that are so cheap here, and you can probably find someone who's leaving that will sell you a hair dryer for a couple thousand won.

I blew up three transformers within my first 4 months here. it's not worth the hassle.

If you do choose the transformer route, don't plug in the hair dryer in along with anything else (curling iron, straightener etc.) unless you like to see flames.