Plugs and fuses

welshbookworm

This is probably very basic, but as I'm not sure I'm asking. Please giggle quietly if so.
I have been given a laptop with a 2 pin plug on it (like a toothbrush or shaver).
Now, do I put this in a 'shaver adaptor' (With a 1amp fuse)
or can I put this in the socket
or can I hack the end off and replace it with a normal 3 pin plug (With what fuse?)
Its a MSi MS16GO
Many many thanks

Fruit_and_Nut_Case

CAREFUL! Are you sure it's a plug and not a transformer/power supply?

If it's a plug I'd be happy to use it in a shaver adaptor as I reckon it should draw less than 1A. You could replace it with a standard (square-pin) plug fitted with a 3A fuse if you wanted.

Gloomendoom

welshbookworm wrote: »

This is probably very basic, but as I'm not sure I'm asking. Please giggle quietly if so.
I have been given a laptop with a 2 pin plug on it (like a toothbrush or shaver).
Now, do I put this in a 'shaver adaptor' (With a 1amp fuse)
or can I put this in the socket
or can I hack the end off and replace it with a normal 3 pin plug (With what fuse?)
Its a MSi MS16GO
Many many thanks

Just looked at the plug on mine and it's factory fitted with a 5 amp fuse. Looking at the ratings on the label (100-240v 1.5A input) I would have have expected a 3 amp to be more than adequate.

JasX

Bantex wrote: »

Shove a screwdriver......

Telling a person unfamiliar with the components of and different types of plug to stick a screwdriver into a wall mains socket doesn't seem a great idea to me....

OP could you not lay your hands on a proper international mains adapter? The ones that do 'anything to anything' these days are worth carrying whenever you travel anyway just watch out for fakes.

On the plus side the £15 cost of a proper adapter you will re-use time and time again is much less than funeral/cremation fees you having electricouted yourself.

(Alternatively could you post a photo of the entire cable/adapter you're asking about for more detailed advice)

EDIT: I was requested to remove my quote which preserved the dangerous advice.... even interfering with the earth connection in a socket can be hazardous as faults/damage elsewhere could potentially connect it to a live/neutral feed and have isolated it from it's ground 'sink' point. Have you really recently explicitly tested your earth connection is free of faults? Not worth the risk.

adouglasmhor

JasX wrote: »

Telling a person unfamiliar with the components of and different types of plug to stick a screwdriver into a wall mains socket doesn't seem a great idea to me....

OP could you not lay your hands on a proper international mains adapter? The ones that do 'anything to anything' these days are worth carrying whenever you travel anyway just watch out for fakes.

On the plus side the £15 cost of a proper adapter you will re-use time and time again is much less than funeral/cremation fees you having electricouted yourself.

(Alternatively could you post a photo of the entire cable/adapter you're asking about for more detailed advice)

Poundland have them, for a pound!

marvin

Why not just put it in a travel adaptor (available at £land) and be safe.

Bantex_2

JasX wrote: »

Telling a person unfamiliar with the components of and different types of plug to stick a screwdriver into a wall mains socket doesn't seem a great idea to me....

This is a moneysaving site, and so far my solution is the most cost effective.

rmg1

Really?
So a £1 adaptor is more expensive than a funeral???

adouglasmhor

Is this the kind of plug?

adouglasmhor

rmg1 wrote: »

Really?
So a £1 adaptor is more expensive than a funeral???

OP won't be paying for the funeral.

ianders

Does the cable separate from the charger and have an end like this:



If so, just get another cable, you'll probably have one lying around in a drawer somewhere.