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| What did you do when you first moved to Switzerland? Change all the plugs on your electricals, or sell everything and buy new in CH? Can't imagine anyone uses large quantities of adapters, do they?
I am only moving from the UK so from what I can see, most things should be ok just to stick a new plug on - in theory! Has anyone actually done this or attempted to...
Most things without a motor here (UK) are 220-240V and 50/60hz so a straight swap for CH (220v & 50hz). Right?? | |
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Yah. Volts and Hertz here are as near as dammit to the UK standards here as doesn't matter.
I bought me a
FUJI travel adaptor plug socket thing a year or so ago in a Dixons at Heathrow. About £7 IIRC. Steep, but hey! I was going on holiday! Jeez! The web site above has the damn things going for £20. I must have been really drunk! IMO it's a great gadget. From the picture in the link above you can only see one of the slidey green nipple things, but there are four!
Get some UK 4- or 6- or 8-gangs and one FUJI thing per 4-gang per room (you can always daisy chain 4-gangs in a room). I've got a UK vertical 10-gang with a red light on the top to warn low flying aircraft. Then again, at £20 a pop it might make more sense to hack the ends off and rewire.
The FUJIFILM thing has been to Spain, Singapore, Australia, Hawai'i and Vancouver. And now Switzerland. It fits even the Swiss "squashed hexagonal" plugs. Not surprising as it's Swiss design apparently. Only thing it won't deal with are those weird two prong things that come standard with a Philips shaver.
God, I'm drunk.