Want to know how to use a foreign laptop plug while you’re in Paris?
When you’re going to be in Paris with your laptop, and you’re coming from another country, there are 2 things to consider:
- the plug which will go into a wall socket, and
- the voltage of your computer.
This video shows my Australian power cord plug, and how I get it to work while I’m in Paris. Luckily the French voltage (220v) and Australian voltage (240v) are very similar, so I don’t need a Voltage Converter. But you might. The last thing you should do is plug in your computer without findout FIRST whether you need a voltage converter — you run the risk of blowing up your hard drive.
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Transcript of “How to use a foreign laptop plug”
How To Use A Foreign Laptop Plug in Paris
with Teena Hughes of https://a-night-in-paris.com
With my laptop plug from Australia we have 3 prongs so what I needed to do was get a little attachment (plug converter) so that it would fit into the French system. So I simply got this little plug adapter here that just pushes on, and makes the two flat rods turn into round rods and also it pushes the height further away from the third prong for the Australian plug.
So all I had to do basically was just plug these two prongs into any electrical outlet here in this Parisian apartment and it worked just fine. So that’s all you have to do. Nothing special. So just get yourself one of these little plug adapters to go from Australian plugs to European plugs, and of course this will depend on which country you’re in.
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If you’re not close to any shops, you can also buy these online – here’s the exact same one I have and it’s available online at Amazon:
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