Digital Cameras Germany
Has anyone who’s travelled overseas ever had any problems with their wattage converters?
I am going to Germany for 16 days, and I need to use my hair straightener, curling iron, digital camera battery charger (Canon Powershot), and cell phone charger while I am over there. I bought a wattage converter/adapter for it, but I’ve heard horror stories about them frying our electronics or not working. Do they work ok, or have you had problems? I bought a Protege brand converter from Wal Mart, if anyone has ever used that specific kind.
I moved overseas and use converters every day on some of my small appliances that I brought with me.
I’ve been using the same converter on my coffee grinder for 10 years.
Some of my things, like my laptop and camera battery charger work on both 110 and 220. The chargers are dual voltage. For those I use an adapter.
You only fry things if you use an adapter when you need a converter. If you use a converter when an adapter will do it’s not a problem.
If you are sure you have a converter you will be fine. Don’t bother with an adapter as you are only there for 16 days.
There are several types of converters, some are for low wattage appliances and others for high wattage ones. Your camera is low wattage and your hair stuff is high wattage. You can use a high wattage converter on your camera without a problem.
Also there are some which are only meant to be used for short periods of time and others that can stay plugged in 24/7.
If they have rental cell phones in Germany you might want to rent one if you plan on making or receiving many calls. It usually works out much cheaper to rent a phone locally than to pay the expensive international roaming charges on an American cell phone.
I don’t know the prices in Germany, but in Israel it’s about a dollar a day to rent a phone. Plus the air time is much cheaper than American roaming charges.
Purrs,
The Cat Lady
Vision2009 Machine Vision Trade Show in Stuttgart, Germany
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