| There are two essential aspects to take
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| | Myanmar (formerly Burma) 230V 50 Hz
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| note of. At the first instance, it is
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| | Namibia 220V 50 Hz
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| important to note that the electrical
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| | Nauru 240V 50 Hz
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| power specifications may vary from
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| | Nepal 230V 50 Hz
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| country to country that you are visiting.
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| | Netherlands 230V 50 Hz
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| Not many countries have a electrical
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| | Netherlands Antilles 127/220V* 50 Hz
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| power specification as you have at home,
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| | New Caledonia 220V 50 Hz
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| and hence you should have the right
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| | New Zealand 230V 50 Hz
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| adapter with you when you travel abroad.
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| | Nicaragua 120V 60 Hz
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| Secondly, the kind of wall mounted power
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| | Niger 220V 50 Hz
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| outlet sockets in most of the countries,
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| | Nigeria 240V 50 Hz
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| are not usually the ones that you find at
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| | Northern Ireland (see United Kingdom)
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| home. It is entirely different, and your
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| | Norway 230V 50 Hz
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| device power input plug may not fit into
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| | Okinawa 100V* 60 Hz
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| that socket at all.
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| | Oman 240V* 50 Hz
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| The mains power voltage specifications
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| | Pakistan 230V 50 Hz
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| differ from country to country. For
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| | Palmyra Atoll 120V 60Hz
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| example, the electrical and electronic
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| | Panama 110V* 60 Hz
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| devices in U.S. operate on 120 Volts AC,
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| | Papua New Guinea 240V 50 Hz
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| but the United Kingdom has a 220 volts AC
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| | Paraguay 220V 50 Hz
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| outlet, which is different from the one
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| | Peru 220V* 60 Hz*
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| in the United States. Secondly, your
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| | Philippines 220V 60 Hz
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| device power input plug will never fit
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| | Poland 230V 50 Hz
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| the power outlet sockets available in the
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| | Portugal 230V 50 Hz
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| United Kingdom. Therefore, if you are
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| | Puerto Rico 120V 60 Hz
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| traveling from home to the United
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| | Qatar 240V 50 Hz
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| Kingdom, you do not only need an adapter
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| | Réunion Island 220V 50Hz
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| for your device power input plug, but a
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| | Romania 230V 50 Hz
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| voltage converter as well, of the type
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| | Russian Federation 220V 50 Hz
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| which would convert the 220 Volts AC
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| | Rwanda 230V 50 Hz
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| electrical power output to 110 Volts AC
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| | St. Kitts and Nevis (Leeward Is.) 230V 60
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| for your device to work properly.
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| | Hz
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| It is recommended that, when-ever you
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| | St. Lucia (Windward Is.) 240V 50 Hz
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| plan your next visit abroad, take a look
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| | St. Vincent (Windward Is.) 230V 50 Hz
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| at the guide of the power outlet
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| | Saudi Arabia 127/220V 60 Hz
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| specifications available in the country
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| | Scotland (See United Kingdom)
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| or countries that you are visiting and
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| | Senegal 230V 50 Hz
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| prepare yourself to carry appropriate
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| | Serbia-Montenegro 220V 50 Hz
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| electrical accessories for those devices
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| | Seychelles 240V 50 Hz
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| to work properly. There are indeed
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| | Sierra Leone 230V 50 Hz
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| universal plug adapters available, which
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| | Singapore 230V 50 Hz
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| will comply with the power out input
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| | Slovak Republic 230V 50 Hz
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| sockets of many countries, but the need
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| | Slovenia 220V 50 Hz
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| of voltage converters cannot be ignored
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| | Somalia 220V* 50 Hz
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| A guide to international electric outlet
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| | South Africa 220/230V* 50 Hz
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| specification is presented below:
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| | Spain 230V 50 Hz
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| COUNTRY VOLTAGE FREQUENCY
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| | Sri Lanka 230V 50 Hz
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| Afghanistan
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| | Sudan 230V 50 Hz
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| 220V 50 Hz
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| | Suriname 127V 60 Hz
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| Albania
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| | Swaziland 230V 50 Hz
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| 20V* 50 Hz
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| | Sweden 230V 50 Hz
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| Algeria
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| | Switzerland 230V 50 Hz
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| 230V 50 Hz
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| | Syria 220V 50 Hz
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| American Samoa
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| | Tahiti 110/220V 60 Hz
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| 120V 60 Hz
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| | Tajikistan 220V 50 Hz
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| Andorra
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| | Taiwan 110V 60 Hz
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| 230V 50Hz
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| | Tanzania 230V 50 Hz
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| Angola
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| | Thailand 220V 50 Hz
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| 220V 50 Hz
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| | Togo 220V* 50 Hz
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| Anguilla
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| | Tonga 240V 50 Hz
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| 110V 60Hz
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| | Trinidad & Tobago 115V 60 Hz
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| Antigua
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| | Tunisia 230V 50 Hz
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| 230V* 60 Hz
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| | Turkey 230V 50 Hz
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| Argentina 220V 50 Hz
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| | Turkmenistan 220V 50 Hz
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| Armenia 220V 50 Hz
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| | Uganda 240V 50 Hz
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| Aruba 127V* 60 Hz Australia 230V* 50 Hz
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| | Ukraine 220V 50 Hz
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| Austria 230V 50 Hz
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| | United Arab Emirates 220V* 50 Hz
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| Azerbaijan 220V 50 Hz
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| | United Kingdom 230V* 50 Hz
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| Azores 220V* 50 Hz
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| | United States of America 120V 60 Hz
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| Bahamas 120V 60 Hz
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| | Uruguay 220V 50 Hz
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| Bahrain 230V* 50 Hz*
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| | Uzbekistan 220V 50 Hz
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| Balearic Islands 220V 50 Hz
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| | Vanuatu 230V 50 Hz
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| Bangladesh 220V 50 Hz
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| | Venezuela 120V 60 Hz
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| Barbados 115V 50 Hz
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| | Vietnam 127/220V* 50 Hz
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| Belarus 220V 50 Hz
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| | Virgin Islands (British and U.S.) 115V 60
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| Belgium 230V 50 Hz
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| | Hz
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| Belize 110/220V 60 Hz
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| | Wales (See United Kingdom)
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| Benin 220V 50 Hz
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| | Western Samoa 230V 50 Hz
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| Bermuda 120V 60 Hz
| |
| | Yemen, Rep. of 220/230V 50 Hz
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| Bhutan 230V 50 Hz
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| | Yugoslavia (Former) 220V 50 Hz
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| Bolivia 220/230V* 50 Hz
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| | Zambia 230V 50 Hz
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| Bosnia 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | Zimbabwe 220V 50 Hz
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| Botswana 231V 50 Hz
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| | Primary sources: Electric Current Abroad
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| Brazil 110/220V* 60 Hz
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| | (1998 edition), U.S. Department of
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| Brunei 240V 50 Hz
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| | Commerce, National Technical Information
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| Bulgaria 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | Service; World Electricity Supplies and
|
| Burkina Faso 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | Electrical Plugs; an International
|
| Burundi 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | Survey, (both 1993), British Standards
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| Cambodia 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | Institute. Additionally, since this
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| Cameroon 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | table was first posted in late 1995,
|
| Canada 120V 60 Hz
| |
| | numerous revisions have (and continue to
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| Canary Islands 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | be) made as a result of personal
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| Cape Verde 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | observations or reports from other
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| Cayman Islands 120V 60 Hz
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| | travelers.
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| Central African Republic 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | For further references please visit
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| Chad 220V 50Hz
| |
| | Now, it is not the question of having the
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| Channel Islands 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | right adapter with you when you visit
|
| Chile 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | abroad. You must be also concerned with
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| China, People's Republic of 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | the electrical power specification that
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| Colombia 110V 60Hz
| |
| | is available in the country of your
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| Comoros 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | visit. Looking at the guide above, it is
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| Congo, People's Rep. of 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | clearly understood that your electrical
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| Congo, Dem. Rep. of (former Zaire) 220V
| |
| | and electronic devices will require not
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| 50 Hz
| |
| | only plug adapters but also a built-in or
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| Cook Islands 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | separate voltage converter. If you are
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| Costa Rica 120V 60 Hz
| |
| | planning a visit to the United Kingdom,
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| Côte d'Ivoire
| |
| | you will need a device which converts the
|
| (Ivory Coast) 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | electrical power of 230 Volts Alternating
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| Croatia 230V 50Hz
| |
| | Current (AC) to 110 Volts AC before you
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| Cuba 110/220V 60Hz
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| | can apply that power to your equipment..
|
| Cyprus 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | These converters need to be of the right
|
| Czech Republic 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | specification of providing the right
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| Denmark 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | output alternating current and the
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| Djibouti 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | frequency as well for your equipment to
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| Dominica 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | work correctly.
|
| Dominican Republic 110V 60 Hz
| |
| | If you need to charge your digital camera
|
| East Timor 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | in Beijing, you will need an adapter
|
| Ecuador 120-127V 60 Hz
| |
| | which lets you plug in your charger on
|
| Egypt 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | the wall socket. That's not all. Beijing
|
| El Salvador 115V 60 Hz
| |
| | has an electrical power output of 220
|
| England (See United Kingdom)
| |
| | Volts AC with 50 Hz frequency and your
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| Equatorial Guinea 220V* 50 Hz
| |
| | charger can only accept an input voltage
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| Eritrea 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | of 120 Volts AC and 60Hz. Hz, which is
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| Estonia 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | the short form of Hertz, is the number of
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| Ethiopia 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | cycles the alternating voltage goes
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| Faeroe Islands 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | through one cycle. This AC output voltage
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| Falkland Islands 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | is normally a sine-wave, alternating
|
| Fiji 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | between a positive and a negative level.
|
| Finland 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | This is a smooth variation with time as
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| France 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | the other variant, and completion of one
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| French Guiana 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | such cycle in one second is termed as
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| Gaza 230V 50 Hz
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| | 1Hz. Therefore, a 110 Volt AC of 60 Hz
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| Gabon 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | has 60 cycles in one second.
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| Gambia 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | Remaining on the aspect of charging your
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| Germany 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | digital camera in Beijing, you do not
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| Ghana 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | only need a plug adapter but also the
|
| Gibraltar 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | right voltage converter, which will give
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| Great Britain (See United Kingdom)
| |
| | you a 120 Volts AC, 60 Hz output from an
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| Greece 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | input of 220 Volts AC of 50 Hz, which is
|
| Greenland 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | the standard electrical power in China.
|
| Grenada (Windward Is.) 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | The converted AC voltage applied to your
|
| Guadeloupe 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | charger produces a much lower Direct
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| Guam 110V 60Hz
| |
| | Current (DC) voltage output to your
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| Guatemala 120V 60 Hz
| |
| | digital camera, for charging the camera's
|
| Guinea 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | re-chargeable battery. Application of the
|
| Guinea-Bissau 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | direct 220 Volts AC output, without a
|
| Guyana 240V* 60 Hz*
| |
| | converter will not only destroy the
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| Haiti 110V 60 Hz
| |
| | charger unit but may also damage your
|
| Honduras 110V 60 Hz
| |
| | digital camera, if it is plugged into the
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| Hong Kong 220V* 50 Hz
| |
| | charger,
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| Hungary 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | Therefore, when you travel abroad, it is
|
| Iceland 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | desirable that you check the electrical
|
| India 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | power specification of the country or
|
| Indonesia 127/230V* 50 Hz
| |
| | countries that you are visiting. At the
|
| Iran 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | same time you should determine the plug
|
| Iraq 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | adapter that you would be wanting. For
|
| Ireland (Eire) 230 50 Hz
| |
| | this purpose you may like to visit for
|
| Isle of Man 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | more information.
|
| Israel 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | Voltage converters are available in
|
| Italy 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | different specifications, which mainly
|
| Ivory Coast (See Côte d'Ivoire)
| |
| | depend upon the purpose of its
|
| Jamaica 110V 50 Hz
| |
| | application. For example, a voltage
|
| Japan 100V 50/60 Hz*
| |
| | converter for your digital camera
|
| Jordan 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | recharging unit will be much smaller than
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| Kenya 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | the one you would need to turn on your
|
| Kazakhstan 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | iron, if you have one with you. The
|
| Kiribati 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | varying sizes of such converters depend
|
| Korea, South 220V 60 Hz
| |
| | upon the kind of alternating current or
|
| Kuwait 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | wattage that you would require to either
|
| Laos 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | turn on the charger or the iron. The
|
| Latvia 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | wattage along with the specification of
|
| Lebanon 110/220V 50 Hz
| |
| | input and output voltages are generally
|
| Lesotho 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | specified on the body of the converter
|
| Liberia 120V 60 Hz
| |
| | units that you are buying.
|
| Libya 127V* 50 Hz
| |
| | There are adapters available which cater
|
| Lithuania 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | for multi-voltage operation. For example,
|
| Liechtenstein 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | the adapter itself will give you an
|
| Luxembourg 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | option to be switched from 110 Volts AC
|
| Macau 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | output to 230 volts AC output. This is
|
| Macedonia 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | done through a toggle, at times appearing
|
| Madagascar 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | as a screw head on the converter body
|
| Madeira 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | itself. But then again you may need a
|
| Malawi 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | plug adapter to plug this mini-converter
|
| Malaysia 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | in the electrical power source available
|
| Maldives 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | in the country that you are visiting. In
|
| Mali 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | certain countries the electrical power
|
| Malta 240V 50 Hz
| |
| | may have surges. Surges are high
|
| Martinique 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | frequency levels of very high voltages,
|
| Mauritania 220V 50 Hz
| |
| | suddenly appearing at the output of the
|
| Mauritius 230V 50 Hz
| |
| | power source for a fraction of a
|
| Mexico 127V 60 Hz
| |
| | millisecond or even micro-second. There
|
| Micronesia (Federal States of) 120V 60 Hz
| |
| | are such adapters which are available
|
| Monaco 127/220V 50 Hz
| |
| | with surge protection. Please bear in
|
| Mongolia 230V
| |
| | mind, thunderstorms can produce these
|
| Montserrat (Leeward Is.) 230V 60 Hz
| |
| | electrical surges which may damage your
|
| Morocco 127/220V* 50 Hz
| |
| | equipment.
|
| Mozambique 220V 50 Hz
| |
| |
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