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Italyagain Jun 5th, 2011 03:39 AM

Ipad charger
 
Insecurity is setting in. The charger for my ipad is 10w. I bought it in the US. Do i need to buy a power adapter for Europe or is just getting the plug adapter ok?

lizziea06 Jun 5th, 2011 03:51 AM

The plug adapter is fine

logos999 Jun 5th, 2011 03:52 AM

Put you trust in Steve, mate. He does everything to make you happy, why would he not supply you with a dual/multi voltage charger. Of course he did. He even designed that part were the prongs are attached to be removable and replacable with two europlug compatible prongs.

Steve knows what's good for us, don't doubt him! :-)

gh21 Jun 5th, 2011 04:06 AM

All apple products have dual voltage chargers. You'll just need the adapters.

Italyagain Jun 5th, 2011 04:06 AM

LOL! Thanks. I just needed to hear this from users. When I saw they sold a very expensive adapter kit I got confused but its for elegance. I just bought a $1.99 plug adapter from Magellan. Anyway- thanks. Did not want to carry the heavy converter just for this.

qwovadis Jun 5th, 2011 04:30 AM

You will be just fine in areas

where the electrical grid is good.

If u will be in remote areas with lots of brown/blackouts

I always power condition my I-Pad to extend its life

apc.com

Italyagain Jun 5th, 2011 05:14 AM

I am going to Southwest France. Assuming electric is ok. How do you condition it?

ParisAmsterdam Jun 5th, 2011 10:29 AM

You'll be fine in France.

See the link posted by qwovadis for info on power conditioning. Without getting technical, sort of a surge protector. While a good idea, don't worry about it for your trip.

For future reference... always look in the little box part of the AC adapter... it will be marked 110-220 V 50-60 HZ or similar. The 220 tells you you're good for European voltage...

JakeSomithson Feb 8th, 2012 06:49 AM

here's an explaining post on that: http://www.ipadsandiphones.com/diffe...phone-charger/

BigRuss Feb 8th, 2012 07:22 AM

Conditioning is unnecessary (and frequently BS). You'll be in France, which probably has the most reliable power grid in Europe, not Moldova. There currently is no difference between ipad and iphone chargers, they're both using the 10w plug connected to the AC adapter ParisAmsterdam described above. Differences existed between earlier incarnations of the devices (e.g. iphone 3 v. ipad 1).


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