Hello All. I am going to order the Stand Scan Pro but would like to know, if I put in the destination of where I want to order it to, will the UK adaptor come automatically?
Kawal. On 9 Mar 2013, at 21:27, Ron Pelletier <ron.pellet...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi Fanus, > > I have been to South Africa but I can't remember which adaptor I used. Of > course, you will need a converter as well as the adaptor because, in North > America we use 110-120 volts at 60 cycles and South Africa is 220 volts at, > I believe, 50 cycles. Before leaving here, I purchased a 220 to 110 volt > converter and it came with 4 or 5 adaptors. One of them definitely fits. I > believe its 3 prong. I think 2 round and a flat but I'm not absolutely > sure. A set of adaptors is very inexpensive and available anywhere. My > adaptors were, from European 2 round prongs to everything else. If you need > a converter only for basic appliances, you don't need to purchase the > converter for electronics such as a computer. A simple converter for > something like a shaver will work and is not very expensive at all. > > HTH > > Ron & Danvers > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 1:57 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Prizmo with StandScan Pro > > Hi Fanus, > > You are correct, North America has 2 flat prongs and from how you describe > it your 2-round prong configuration sounds just like what I am used to from > growing up in Germany. However, I just did a Google search for "What power > plugs are used in South Africa" and I found the following website: > > http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity.htm > > This website describes 14 different plug configurations (from type A through > type N) which are used around the world. According to this, Type M is most > widely used in South Africa and while it sounds similar to Type E and Type F > which are the German standards, I believe it is different. But I am sure you > can find an adapter or maybe the Standscan comes with some adapters. I once > bought a Skype desktop telephone from a company called Ipevo and it came > with about 6 different adapters. It is completely incomprehensible to me why > there isn't more standardization. I guess it wouldn't be an easy thing to > change something like that, but I'm sure it could be done over time. > Of course we all know that the German Type F "SchuKo" plug is the best > because, well... it's German *smile* > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Fanus > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 4:10 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Prizmo with StandScan Pro > > Hello Anne and list > I want to order the StandScan pro but I am also considering to buy the AC > adapter. My problem is that they give three pin configurations, for US, UK > and europe. If I remember correctly the US has two flat pins but I am not > sure of the UK and Europe. Here in South Africa we use adapters with two > round pins. Which of the UK or Europe adapters will work? > Regards > Fanus > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anne Robertson" <annefromo...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:15 AM > Subject: Re: Prizmo with StandScan Pro > > > Hello Julian, > > Here's the link for the StandScan Pro: > http://standscan.com/StandScan/index.php/product/standscan.html > > It took nearly three weeks to arrive, but it's great. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > On 9 Mar 2013, at 07:44, Julian <mrc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Can you provide a link or information on where I can >> purchase this >> device? 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