Charging my batteries overseas

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Grumpwurst

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I've been doing some research, and it seems like if I have the right plug adapter I should be able to just plug my Nikon battery charger right into the wall in China. ; Does anyone have experience taking their US purchased Nikon camera into the wonderful world of 220V wall outlets.

This whole thing about taking my electronics overseas is making me nervous. ; I haven't been into Asia since the mid-80's and back then there were no Universal Power Bricks with autoswitching mechanisms. ; We had to install a shoebox sized box between our computer and the wall and that thing weighed a ton. ;
 
Ray, I can't say from experience, but from what I have heard, as long as you have one of the universal adapters, you should be just fine.
 
i would think that jeff gave good advise but have no first hand experience. ;
 
As long as you have a power adapter that is rated with something like 100-240V input and have the physical power adapter plug that converts from the US plug configuration to the Chinese plug configuration you should be all set. ; Most power adapters/chargers Laptops, phone chargers, etc) are rated this way. ; It should be labeled as such directly on the device.
 
Yes went to Paris a couple of weeks ago, but I also went to Shanghai around 6 years ago and had no problems using my laptop.
 
"Paul" said:
Yes went to Paris a couple of weeks ago, but I also went to Shanghai around 6 years ago and had no problems using my laptop.
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So, to recap...

I looked at the labels on my devices and they are all rated 110-240V 50-60Hz so that means they are compliant. ; So, all I need to do is get the appropriate plug adapter so I can plug them into an outlet in China.

What is your opinion on if I should put a surge protector between my devices and the wall.

I also saw on another forum where someone suggested just getting a power strip, plug it into the wall and then hook all your devices to it so you could have more than one running at the same time with only one adapter needed
 
"Grumpwurst" said:
So, to recap...

I looked at the labels on my devices and they are all rated 110-240V 50-60Hz so that means they are compliant. ; So, all I need to do is get the appropriate plug adapter so I can plug them into an outlet in China.

What is your opinion on if I should put a surge protector between my devices and the wall.

I also saw on another forum where someone suggested just getting a power strip, plug it into the wall and then hook all your devices to it so you could have more than one running at the same time with only one adapter needed
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Sounds like your equipment will work fine. ; I have never used a surge protector on travel, but that sounds like a good idea.

I actually saw a couple of people use the power strip approach on my trip to Paris, so yes that is an option. ; This is especially helpful if you have one of those odd shaped adapters like my Apple Powerbook.
 
Ray, I think that the surge protector idea is a sound one. ; I would go with that myself. ; Just thought I would throw my $.02 in there again.
 
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