French to English

Mupette

My dad has just sent me some landline phones he sent up from france, unfortunately they have the french connectror on them,

just tried to look in supermarket for adaptor plus but all i saw was the razor ones you get for the bathroom.


the french plug has the following:-

input 230v~50hz 45mA
output 6v (line with 3 dots under) 200mA 1.2VA

AC-DC adaptor
model : SY-06020-GS

Indoors use only

DevCoder

Do not get the shaver adaptors (I think you have already realised this)

Proper adaptors cost a bit more but anything like this should do.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/European-UK-Adapter-Plug-Adaptor/dp/B0039K5XNC/ref=pd_cp_computers_2

penrhyn

Can't see what's wrong with using a shaver adaptor, most are capable of taking a two pin European.schuko plug.

kwikbreaks

Agreed. Two of those adaptors come to best part of £10 which is probably a sizeable portion of the value of landline phones.

Bob_the_Saver

Poundland UK visitor adapter
http://www.poundland.co.uk/product-range/house-and-home/diy/
Halfway down on right hand column

Not sure of the price but if you try a few 99p shops you might find one even cheaper.

vaio

penrhyn wrote: »

Can't see what's wrong with using a shaver adaptor, most are capable of taking a two pin European.schuko plug.

I think shaver plugs are slightly different from ordinary continental plugs

Edited to add:

from wiki....

Shaver plugs.........has 5.1 mm diameter pins 15.88 mm long and 16.66 mm apart

French plugs........two round pins measuring 4.8 by 19 mm spaced 19 mm apart.

One might fit the other (with or without force) but if you are buying something then you might as well get the correct one

OP, if you particularly want to keep the phones then you could look at sourcing complete power supplies.

Bob_the_Saver

Or maybe one of these adapters

http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/5/2/LE7tYLAPf0ebS09dOWr5KA2.jpg

Mupette

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

Or maybe one of these adapters

http://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/5/2/LE7tYLAPf0ebS09dOWr5KA2.jpg

You've met my dad then.
he has uk to EU adaptors for everything, so you can imagine my surprise that he actually had something with a french plug on them.

Mupette

all sorted, my local asda had the UK visitor adaptors, a bit more than poundland, but the cost of petrol to get to a poundland would of worked out a bit more.

my old phone was rubbish, no one could hear me, so this will be better hopefully

thanks all