Where can I get a Australian to European converter?

ahrimaniac

Can't find one anywhere. Imagine if someone had come over from Australia and had found that they couldn't plug in their hair straighteners because they had an Australian plug. One with those two prongs that kinda point inwards. Now: where can I get a converter for one of those things?

bingo_bango

Any chemist or pound shop should sell these.
Australia uses 240V, so no transformer needed, just a straightforward adapter, although they use 3 prongs as standard over there, so I can only guess the current plug is for travel?

edit: See what you mean about the prongs now. See the following link (4th down) to see what you're looking for. Sure they're cheaper on eBay or the like though.
http://www.vidcam.com.au/sales/mains.html

ahrimaniac

It's weird - the two little prongs are on the plugs, like an American plug - but they point inwards at an angle

espresso

see here

:cool:

bingo_bango

http://www.saddler.co.uk/acatalog/Adaptor_for_Foreign_Visitors_to_UK_367.html

It's actually this one

espresso

Yes, just pointing you in the right direction.

bingo_bango

I'm only here to hog your limelight :beer:

ahrimaniac

Thanks much help!

Bob63

Buy a US - UK converter and I'll guarantee that it does Australian plugs as well because prongs can be rotated slightly. I have about 10 of these in my office drawer because the of the number of times I have flown to the US and forgot my converter!

Mike