I want to buy a console from ebay.co.uk but it will probably come with a uk power cord which is like this one:
but most of europe uses this type
so question is, if I get a power cord from a local shop, will it work without problems on a uk console? I'm 99% sure that it will since there's no difference in volt output but I still want to be 100% so I don't burn my new console.
BoneSnapDeez wrote:The success of a console is determined by how much I enjoy it.
If Greece is the same voltage as the UK as you say (240v). Then you should be fine.
JT wrote:Yeah, like vampire aliens invade and hit us all with a ray beam that paralyzes all of our arms. The only way to deactivate the ray beam and fight back the vampire alien threat is with a complicated series of foot patterns on the device's control board that looks remarkably like a DDR pad. We will all praise this man for saving our lives and buy him a mountain of stuffed animals.
I second that. You could buy a new cord but what I've always done is used my adapter set (not voltage step up/down, but just adapter to make the plug fit). Or just get a replacement cable made for whatever console it is; don't use a generic cable for power (I've heard that if it's not made specifically for it, something about the power difference, like a 200 watt appliance versus a 20 watt appliance, that the cord could get fried).
Whenever I've been abroad to Spain/France I've just used a 'travel adaptor' basically just allows the plug to fit in euro-sockets. Doesn't do any step down or anything. I've always used that to charge my handhelds. So getting a travel adaptor would work fine.
