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welshbookworm
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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
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
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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.Are you for real? - Glass Half Empty??
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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.0 -
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.0 -
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)
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Why not just put it in a travel adaptor (available at £land) and be safe.I started with nothing and I am proud to say I still have most of it left.0
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Really?
So a £1 adaptor is more expensive than a funeral???:wall: Flagellation, necrophilia and bestiality - Am I flogging a dead horse? :wall:
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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.0
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