What Converter Needed for London and Paris?
 

I am going to be traveling to London and Paris this week. I am looking to plug-in my hairdryer, digital camera battery charger, and a portable DVD player. Do I need two different converters for these items--one low and one high? Do I need a surge protector on any of them? Thanks!

My battery charger says 110-240V and 50/60Hz.

My portable DVD player says 100-120V-27W-50/60Hz.

My blowdryer says 125V AC 60Hz-1900 watts.

Here's an article on that: fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?tid=35003244

For the battery charger all you need is a plug adapter. You need one adapter for London and a different plug adapter for Paris.

Leave the DVD player home unless you want to watch DVDs that you bring with you. DVDs you purchase in London have a slim chance of working in your American region machine. Yours would need a 50 watt transformer anyway to bring the London and Paris voltage down to 120.

Leave the Tim Allen over-powered hairblower home. 1900 watts!!! You have to be kidding. No wonder the Arctic ice shelf is melting. Call your hotel and ask if they have a hairblower in the room. Most hotels have them nowadays.

I bought some adapters in Canada to use in Paris and Amsterdam this summer. But the wall plugs themselves were recessed and I had to end up using 2 adapters on each plug. They're cheap enough so take a few.

Needless to say, you'll need different plugs for the UK and France.

Hope this helps,

Rob

Thanks for the responses. I figured out the battery charger and dvd player. I bring the DVD player to watch movies on the plane as well as do work out dvd's in the room. I just need to plug the battery in to charge it. As far as the blowdryer goes---1900 watts is pretty standard---I found an 1875watt dryer at a store here that has a 110 to 220 volt converter built into it. I would not need a converter than right?

Right! YOu would only need the plug adapter.

Have fun.

The vast majority of hotels will have hairdryers. And they will work much better since they are made for European use. I would <b>NEVER</b> take a single voltage hair dryer, and a dual voltage one will only work at the lowest settings.

So my advice is to either use a hairdryer provided by the hotel -- or -- buy an inexpensive one in Europe. You will need an adaptor plug from French to UK plugs.

Hi E,

You will need a UK plug adapter and a Continental plug adapter.

Your 1875W hairdryer is likely to trip the circuit breakers in older buildings.

Time to get a new DVD player that works on 110-220V :)

((I))