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[Mike Sokol]

Good heavens, who comes up with these kludges?

[Barry Singleton]

So THAT'S what the holes in the spades are for!  Who knew?!?

Barry.

[Mike Sokol]

So THAT'S what the holes in the spades are for!  Who knew?!?

Barry.

At least their using actual APPLE brand power supplies. Not those dangerous Chinese knock-offs... 

[Mike Caldwell]

That's so bad it had to be done as a joke............maybe!

[Mike Sokol]

That's so bad it had to be done as a joke............maybe!

Maybe, but I think it's real. I've seen a few kludges like this in the field, and it's always scary....

[Stephen Kirby]

What kind of plug/outlet is that?  It doesn't look like any sort of US Edison outlet I've seen.  I've seen 220V outlets elsewhere that look like this, which the Apple switchers can endure.  But what is on the end of the US style black cord?

[Mike Sokol]

What kind of plug/outlet is that?  It doesn't look like any sort of US Edison outlet I've seen.  I've seen 220V outlets elsewhere that look like this, which the Apple switchers can endure.  But what is on the end of the US style black cord?

I think it's U.K. 230 volt...

[Mike Caldwell]

I think it's U.K. 230 volt...

The wall plate has that European look to it. Now that I think about it the term "adapter" they used makes sense. Yea that is real, they needed a way to power their Edison plug devices while in the Europe!  I wonder if they even considered the voltage.

[Jonathan Johnson]

The wall plate has that European look to it. Now that I think about it the term "adapter" they used makes sense. Yea that is real, they needed a way to power their Edison plug devices while in the Europe!  I wonder if they even considered the voltage.

"Grandpa never shaved so fast in his life! And Mom's curling iron... well, let's just say her hair looks really HOT."

[Mike Sokol]

"Grandpa never shaved so fast in his life! And Mom's curling iron... well, let's just say her hair looks really HOT."

Interestingly, on my recent trip to Paris I had a simple "adapter" to convert between UK outlets and Edison plugs. But it didn't step the voltage down, it was just set of input/output connectors. My wife was complaining that her curling iron would blow up on 230-volts, but I looked at the nameplate and this simple $20 curling iron has rated for 110 to 240 volts. It has a computer based temp control with an LED that blinks ON when ready, and some sort of on-board variable power supply to keep the iron at a set temp. And you can plug it into any world voltage as long as you can make the plug fit. Go figure...

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