Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
> That's rifght, lucky enough to be going to Italy in September. I have a
> electircal power convertor I used in the UK. Will it work in Italy?
> Power the same?
Power is 220-240V/50Hz. As others have reported the plug adapters for
the UK will not work in Italy. Italy uses a plug that has two or three
round prongs; a two prong fits all, the third is a ground that does not
seem to be all that common. The same adapter works in France, Spain,
etc.
As others have noted, most modern electronics have power supplies
capable of 110-120/60Hz (US) or 220-240/50Hz (much of the rest of the
world). Likely you just need the plug adapter. To add what others
have said, most of the power converters only work for high draw
applications - things like hair dryers and the like. Hooking up one to
a low draw electronic device is not advised. If you have low draw
devices that do not have power supplies capable of working with
220-240/50Hz you will need a power converter but you may need to search
to find one that will work for low current draw devices.
On the positive side, most of the places we stayed in Italy on our last
two trips (2002, 2004) had at least one outlet that was 110-120V/60Hz
with the standard two spade US socket. If there was only one it was in
the bathroom. This was in rural areas as well as in the cities.
- rick
