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| The only odd problem I've encountered is that English ring main sockets allow you to pull a max of 13A, which a 240 volts is just over 3000 watts, whereas most Swiss plugs are max 10A at 220 v, i.e. 2200 watts. So some beefy English kettles trip the fuse, especially if that fuse serves sockets that have other things connected. PCs and laser printers can be a problem too as they pull a huge current at switch on. But I wouldn't have thought your iron pulled so much? It may be that your Swiss socket is protected by an Earth leakage trip and your UK socket was not - if the iron is defective that trip will ping out. Fortunately new irons are very cheap!
As you correctly point out, many modern TVs have menu settings for all the world TV standards. With a modern digital TV, the innards of which have been reduced to just a few chips, it's cheaper to design a single chip for all markets than specialised ones for each country. But older TVs are much fussier, and you need some technical expertise and to read the manual carefully to try to understand if your UK TV will work. Mostly it's not worth the effort anda good excuse to buy that Plasma you always wanted!!
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Cheers, it was a dirt cheap Iron in the first place! I'm a scruffy git too, so end result, haven't used an iron in 5 months
