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[Dex Sawash]

Hello CaBbers reading this. My wife is going to Scotland in a few weeks need to know how she can avoid Danger Man if these dinguses will enable her american things to plug into scottish things.

[Spoon of Ploff]

Should this thread be called Answer a CaBber?

[QDRPHNC]

Hello CaBbers reading this. My wife is going to Scotland in a few weeks need to know how she can avoid Danger Man if these dinguses will enable her american things to plug into scottish things.

Yes.

To keep this thing going, if anyone wants to know why this



is an absolutely atrocious album cover, just ask.

[Danger Man]

Yes.

To keep this thing going, if anyone wants to know why this



is an absolutely atrocious album cover, just ask.

Fixed, etc

[Dr Trouser]

Yes.

Although the voltage levels are different so as long as its a SMPS she'll be fine, if not she'll need one of these as well

[canadagoose]

Hello CaBbers reading this. My wife is going to Scotland in a few weeks need to know how she can avoid Danger Man if these dinguses will enable her american things to plug into scottish things.

Although this has been answered already, yes, but don't go plugging hairdryers and straighteners from America in. They might do something nasty due to the higher voltage.

[Dr Trouser]

Although this has been answered already, yes, but don't go plugging hairdryers and straighteners from America in. They might do something nasty due to the higher voltage.

No, hairdryers will be fine she'll just find that her hair dries twice as fast.

[Captain Z]

And her hair might go up instead of down.

[Danger Man]

Although this has been answered already, yes, but don't go plugging hairdryers and straighteners from America in. They might do something nasty due to the higher voltage.

Have people started washing their hair in Scotland? Who knew?

[canadagoose]

Have people started washing their hair in Scotland? Who knew?

We don't, but hairdryers stop you dripping in your Tennents when you've come in from the rain. Very handy.

[holyzombiejesus]

Should this thread be called Answer a CaBber?

As she's going to Scotland, it should be Answer a Caber (like the popular tossing the caber sport in scotland).

[Cold Meat Platter]

You would need to deep fry them first though!
Because we like batter!

[Cuntbeaks]

Have people started washing their hair in Scotland? Who knew?

Strong, thick, luscious hair.

There are no bald Scots.

[Dex Sawash]

Should this thread be called Answer a CaBber?

And FAQ should be Frequently Provided Answers

[Funcrusher]

I don't think they have electricity yet in Scotland.

[Dex Sawash]

Yes.

Although the voltage levels are different so as long as its a SMPS she'll be fine, if not she'll need one of these as well

phwoar

Although this has been answered already, yes, but don't go plugging hairdryers and straighteners from America in. They might do something nasty due to the higher voltage.

I made mistake of asking her if she had a blow dryer when  we met.
"I AM NOT A WHORE"
I sort of stepped in something with that.

[paruses]

Would

[JesusAndYourBush]

Hello CaBbers reading this. My wife is going to Scotland in a few weeks need to know how she can avoid Danger Man if these dinguses will enable her american things to plug into scottish things.

UK voltage is 240v but USA is only 120v so check if the appliance will work with 240v.
I know some UK electrical appliances state on the back "120-240v" meaning they'll work with both voltages, so if you don't see something like that then the appliances will probably blow up.

[Attila]

I will ask a question then: Where in Scotland is the Mrs going?

My favourite bits are all around Blairgowrie and that.

[Buelligan]

I'm not saying where my favourite bits are because one of their main points is the lack of humans.  But my favourite bits are mostly big sky and sea beneath small cliffs and the falling calls of birds where pebbles grind, rowans bonzai'd, the yellow splash of lichen and stonecrop, rock tubed by all the sea in all the time and a small stone house hunkered, looking out, across the living turf towards everything and beyond.  A crow calls.

[Dex Sawash]

She is a youth handler at her episcopal church. Her group will go to all the important sites where the english jesus subjugated the scots. They usually do some service projects on these trips, probably will pick up discarded wands at some Harry Potter ruins. They'll be S of the wall to go to Lindisfarne and the other Durham.

[pigamus]

UK voltage is 240v but USA is only 120v so check if the appliance will work with 240v.
I know some UK electrical appliances state on the back "120-240v" meaning they'll work with both voltages, so if you don't see something like that then the appliances will probably blow up.

Only one watt but plenty of volts, as they say.

[JesusAndYourBush]

Only one watt but plenty of volts, as they say.

"I wanna see flames!"

[buzby]

Yes.

Although the voltage levels are different so as long as its a SMPS she'll be fine, if not she'll need one of these as well

No good unless her hairdryer and travel iron have got an IEC 60309 yellow 'MK Commando' plug on them as well:

Seriously though, you shouldn't use 'Kango'-style building site transformers to power 110V US home appliances as they are 'centre-tapped to Earth' isolation transformers rather than a straight step-down transformer. They provide two 55V phases instead of 110V between the Line and Neutral (V_P in the diagram would be 240V, and both V_A & V_B would be 55V, giving a V_TOTAL of 110V):

This is done in the name of reducing the severity of a potential shock on a building site - if a tool's cable is accidentally cut or one of the conductors gets exposed, you would only be exposed to a voltage of 55V referenced from Earth instead of 110V or 240V.

Back to the OP - modern electronic power supplies like phone chargers and laptop PSUs are usually all switch mode-based, and will automatically adjust for the higher supply voltage by drawing less current. Inductive loads like hairdryers, irons and kettles manufactured for 110V will heat up twice as fast and can potentially catch fire on 240V (though they usually have a thermostatic cutout to stop this happening).

[Ferris]

Yes.

To keep this thing going, if anyone wants to know why this



is an absolutely atrocious album cover, just ask.

The composition is excellent, and it has the title of the record clearly demarcated on it such that anyone could read it.

It is therefore excellent. I have an A Level in Fine Art (and a GCSE in Graphic Art) so debate me at your peril.

[Dex Sawash]

Scotland trip is going well and she was able to connect her phone to the mains. She sent me a picture of a Greggs and a grassy looking low hill. She also likes to see the sheep.
Well I bet she fucking does.

[Ferris]

Scotland trip is going well and she was able to connect her phone to the mains. She sent me a picture of a Greggs and a grassy looking low hill. She also likes to see the sheep.
Well I bet she fucking does.

If this is a veiled attack on the album cover for George Harrison's Cloud Nine, then I won't stand for it.

[willpurry]

Yes.

Although the voltage levels are different so as long as its a SMPS she'll be fine, if not she'll need one of these as well

Isn't that the Minion Emperor?

[a duncandisorderly]

She is a youth handler at her episcopal church. Her group will go to all the important sites where the english jesus subjugated the scots. They usually do some service projects on these trips, probably will pick up discarded wands at some Harry Potter ruins. They'll be S of the wall to go to Lindisfarne and the other real Durham.

fixed

[KennyMonster]

Hello CaBbers reading this. My wife is going to Scotland in a few weeks

Jamaica?