International Power ... I'll be flying to Perth, Australia for a few months this February. I'll obviously take my wonderful notebook with me, but I'm just curio ...

kdawg31337 · 01-12-2006, 11:41 PM

I'll be flying to Perth, Australia for a few months this February. I'll obviously take my wonderful notebook with me, but I'm just curious as to where you would obtain the cable necessary to plug it in there. I'm pretty sure it's 220v, and the Dell adapter says it's cool with everything from 100-240v at 50-60hz. The power plug itself is very odd though, and doesn't look like I can just go out and buy it at a local "radio shack" there. I'm talking about the wire that you can unplug from the power supply.

Chrysaor · 01-12-2006, 11:50 PM

You don't need the whole cable, you can use a universal adapter.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family

I don't know how the plugs are in Australia, adapters in links are for Europe (220V).

kdawg31337 · 01-12-2006, 11:53 PM

Good call. Don't know why I didn't realize that to begin with. I guess I wanted it to be Dell approved. Then again, I don't even have my warranty any more......

K9387 · 01-12-2006, 11:55 PM

Yeah, a simple plug adapter will do, does not need to be anything more fancy than that for most places in the world...

Xaine · 01-13-2006, 12:49 AM

There you go.

BTW, Tandy is what they call Radioshack over here.

(Price is in Aust dollars).

http://www.tandy.com.au/cgi-bin/tand...uct/View/M7323

Turkish · 01-13-2006, 01:07 AM

You need an adapter for Australia? That's pretty lame. I'm in China on 220v and I can just plug it straight into outlets and power bars.

Xaine · 01-13-2006, 01:20 AM

You need an adapter, because Australia (like most other countries

) has different pin configurations for their power outlets.

Turkish · 01-13-2006, 01:33 AM

China has some funky plugs, but most of the outlets are able to take a wide variety of them, including the standard 3 prong from North America.

01-12-2006, 11:41 PM	#1
kdawg31337 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 73 Credits: -324	International Power I'll be flying to Perth, Australia for a few months this February. I'll obviously take my wonderful notebook with me, but I'm just curious as to where you would obtain the cable necessary to plug it in there. I'm pretty sure it's 220v, and the Dell adapter says it's cool with everything from 100-240v at 50-60hz. The power plug itself is very odd though, and doesn't look like I can just go out and buy it at a local "radio shack" there. I'm talking about the wire that you can unplug from the power supply. __________________ Inspiron 9300 \| 2.13 \| 1 GB \| 60 GB 7200 RPM \| Bluetooth \| Intel 2950 802.11 B/G \| 6800 go OC 396/804 \| Audigy 2 ZS PCMCIA \| 3dmark05: 4760

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Chrysaor Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 361 Credits: 898	You don't need the whole cable, you can use a universal adapter. http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family I don't know how the plugs are in Australia, adapters in links are for Europe (220V). __________________ Dell XPS M1530 Midnight Blue - Mac OS X Leopard / Windows XP SP3 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T8300 @ 2.4Ghz 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 667Mhz 15.4" LG WSXGA+ LCD (1680x1050) & 2MP Camera 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 200GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive TEAC Slot-load DVD+/-RW DL Sigmatel High Definition Audio Dell 1505 Wireless-N Bluetooth 355 Last edited by Chrysaor; 01-12-2006 at 11:54 PM.

01-12-2006, 11:53 PM	#3
kdawg31337 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 73 Credits: -324	Good call. Don't know why I didn't realize that to begin with. I guess I wanted it to be Dell approved. Then again, I don't even have my warranty any more...... __________________ Inspiron 9300 \| 2.13 \| 1 GB \| 60 GB 7200 RPM \| Bluetooth \| Intel 2950 802.11 B/G \| 6800 go OC 396/804 \| Audigy 2 ZS PCMCIA \| 3dmark05: 4760

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K9387 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 2,183 Credits: 1,126	Yeah, a simple plug adapter will do, does not need to be anything more fancy than that for most places in the world... __________________ XPS M1530 - Pentium Core 2 Duo 2.5Ghz - 4GB RAM - NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256MB - LG 1440x900 Screen - 320GB HDD - Bluetooth & Intel Next Gen Wireless - Dell 2408WFP 24" Monitor - 1TB Western Digital My Book Essential 2.0 USB2

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01-13-2006, 12:49 AM	#5
Xaine Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 215 Credits: 5	There you go. BTW, Tandy is what they call Radioshack over here. (Price is in Aust dollars). http://www.tandy.com.au/cgi-bin/tand...uct/View/M7323

01-13-2006, 01:07 AM	#6
Turkish 小森 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Jinan, Shandong, China Posts: 127 Credits: -277	You need an adapter for Australia? That's pretty lame. I'm in China on 220v and I can just plug it straight into outlets and power bars.

01-13-2006, 01:20 AM	#7
Xaine Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 215 Credits: 5	You need an adapter, because Australia (like most other countries ) has different pin configurations for their power outlets.

01-13-2006, 01:33 AM	#8
Turkish 小森 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Jinan, Shandong, China Posts: 127 Credits: -277	China has some funky plugs, but most of the outlets are able to take a wide variety of them, including the standard 3 prong from North America.

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