Query about electric utilities

Hi,

Am travelling to salz sometime next week. Just needed to check if Salz has the same power plugs as UK or do I need to carry the converters / adaptors..

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Austria has the same voltage as UK so you can use UK appliances but it uses European power plugs so you%26#39;ll need to get some European adaptors. I think they are the two rectangular-pin jobbies - which I believe is the standard European power plug.

rol

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%26gt;I think they are the two rectangular-pin jobbies - which I believe is the standard European power plug.

I thought two rectangular type jobbies are a standard BRITISH power plug.

If you have no grounding you can look for a plug adaptor for European standards (two round prongs). Grounding is done different in different countries; Austria uses German standard (two side contacts)

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Ach, yes - 2 round pins on European plugs! Sorry - the 2 rectangular ones I was thinking of are the US powerplugs (different from the rectangular bits on the UK ones)

rol, thoroughly confused

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Hotels usually keep adaptors. We forgot ours one year and the hotel had a box full of them.

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I will be travelling from the U.S. in September, visiting Munich for two nights, Salzburg for four nights, and then the rest of my trip in Switzerland. Will I be able to use the same adaptor for all three locations?

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“jam1961”

Yes, ungrounded electrical outlets on the continent are the Round pin plug. http://www.kropla.com/!c.htm

“The two rectangular-pin jobbies” used in the USA are correctly refered to as a Flat blade plug. http://www.kropla.com/!ab.htm

The plug used in the UK is the Rectangular blade plug. http://www.kropla.com/!g.htm

Info about worldwide electric plugs is at - http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm

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Outlets in Switzerland are different to Austria and Germany - 3 round pins ina very flat triangle. The 2 pin round adaptors don%26#39;t fit.

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