Guest WPalank Posted January 16, 2011 Share #1 Posted January 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) A great little international travel device I was gifted over the Holidays: Travel Tip: International Connections | A Leica and a Dab of DEET... Ok, you can all now get back to your "Which bag?" and "Which single lens to use within the Paris sewer system?" threads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlanJW Posted January 17, 2011 Share #2 Posted January 17, 2011 A great little international travel device I was gifted over the Holidays: Travel Tip: International Connections | A Leica and a Dab of DEET... Ok, you can all now get back to your "Which bag?" and "Which single lens to use within the Paris sewer system?" threads. Bill: Thank you! I've been looking for something like this. But I went to the Tumi site and there is no such thing listed (in US), just the adapter w/o the usb charger part. Do you happen to have a model number? By the way, the Paris sewer system lens is a trick question, isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZDavid Posted January 17, 2011 Share #3 Posted January 17, 2011 Thanks William, I'll check it out. Looks very useful! The variety of different plugs and sockets is truly amazing. Also baffling and utterly pointless. And why some cell phone chargers work with some cell phones and not others, and why every camera battery needs a separate charger, is beyond comprehension. More on electrickery here: Electricity around the world: everything about plugs, sockets, voltages, converters, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WPalank Posted January 17, 2011 Share #4 Posted January 17, 2011 Allan, It was a hyperlink within my article: USB Cell Phone Charger Kit with Ballistic Case - Tumi And agreed, even knowing it was there somewhere, it took me a while to find it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deirdre Posted January 17, 2011 Share #5 Posted January 17, 2011 William, that looks awesome. I remember the time Rick and I went to Glasgow and had the "right" adapters, but the one on my side of the bed wasn't a UK (or US) plug and we couldn't use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted January 17, 2011 Share #6 Posted January 17, 2011 The UK has been standardised since the 1920s, converting from round to square pins in the 1960s. That's a hotel trick. Many older ones still have round-pin sockets for table lamps and the like to stop people plugging in and using their electricity. By the same logic, British Rail used to have a 3-pin bayonet fitting for their bulbs in carriages to dissuade theft. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted January 17, 2011 Share #7 Posted January 17, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Oude Delft lenses were said to be very good for canal shots; maybe they'd be suitable for sewer photography too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted January 17, 2011 Share #8 Posted January 17, 2011 The UK has been standardised since the 1920s, converting from round to square pins in the 1960s. That's not the case. When I was a nipper in the 60s my grandparent's house had non-standard plugs. The plugs were round with what I assumed was a neutral pin in the middle and the pos/neg pins to the left and right of that. I've found a photograph here - look for "Wylex" plug... AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia You can see that there were other non-standard plugs available until fairly recently. Probably time to take off my anorak and hang it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted January 17, 2011 Share #9 Posted January 17, 2011 Steve, that's genuinely interesting. My Grandfather was Chief Maintenance Electrician at Vickers in Weybridge during the War, working later for Airscrew Howden and Peto Scotts. Our house in the 1960s was late Victorian and was equipped throughout with standard British "round pin" plugs and sockets, which he had put in. He had some other plugs and sockets in his shed (an Aladdin's Cave for a small boy). I am aware of "regional variations" and specific plug and socket combinations in industry that existed beyond the 1950s and before the application of BS but I was unaware of the "wylex" until now. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted January 17, 2011 Share #10 Posted January 17, 2011 Steve & Bill, you both must have lived in luxury. In the early 60's, we didn't even have any wall sockets. Anything electrical, such as the iron or the radiogram, had to be plugged in to an adaptor that went between the bulb and the fixture for the ceiling light. It was only in 1967 that we moved into a flat that had wall sockets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted January 17, 2011 Share #11 Posted January 17, 2011 I think it was the benefit of my Grandfather's skills as much as anything. I recall the house still having a "scullery" with a marble shelf in the larder on which to put things to keep them cool, and I recall the man coming to read the meter, emptying it out onto the kitchen table and piling up the shillings in shiny towers as he counted it. My Grandmother always gave him a glass of sherry as he worked. I still have his 1922 Bush radio, btw, in full working order Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted January 17, 2011 Share #12 Posted January 17, 2011 Hi Bill There were at least two round pin standards for wall plugs. circa 30s 5 amp and 15 amp unfused circa 50s 13 amp fused ring main wired Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted January 17, 2011 Share #13 Posted January 17, 2011 Hi Noel, I have seen the smaller ones - they often turn up positioned for light fittings like table or standard lamps. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted January 17, 2011 Share #14 Posted January 17, 2011 Hands up everyone who remembers the days when every time you bought a lamp or electrical appliance you had to remember to buy the correct plug as well. Then when you got it home you had to find a screwdriver and pliers and wire up the plug before you could use whatever it was you'd bought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted January 17, 2011 Share #15 Posted January 17, 2011 Hands up everyone who remembers the days when every time you bought a lamp or electrical appliance you had to remember to buy the correct plug as well. Then when you got it home you had to find a screwdriver and pliers and wire up the plug before you could use whatever it was you'd bought. Not so very long ago. Well double that to account for memory loss! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deirdre Posted January 18, 2011 Share #16 Posted January 18, 2011 The UK has been standardised since the 1920s, converting from round to square pins in the 1960s. That's a hotel trick. Many older ones still have round-pin sockets for table lamps and the like to stop people plugging in and using their electricity. This was a hotel built in 1990; I think it was just an accommodation to the differently plugged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted January 18, 2011 Share #17 Posted January 18, 2011 This was a hotel built in 1990; I think it was just an accommodation to the differently plugged. Watt!? Shocking! That they should ampere their guests in such a way?! I hope you led a re-volt and had them reduce the charge for the room... Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted January 18, 2011 Share #18 Posted January 18, 2011 Watt!? Shocking! That they should ampere their guests in such a way?! I hope you led a re-volt and had them reduce the charge for the room... Regards, Bill Is this situation still current? I try to stay nuetral, and live quietly on this Earth, but I'm positive that this could be a negative attraction at that hotel. I would re-fuse to pay, or at least resist to my full capacity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 18, 2011 Share #19 Posted January 18, 2011 What is wrong with removing the plug, shoving the stripped ends into the socket and fixing it with a few toothpicks?:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted January 18, 2011 Share #20 Posted January 18, 2011 Watt!? Shocking! That they should ampere their guests in such a way? Especially since most guests thought of it as an ohm from ohm. I believe it was rather popular with the younger generation. That's why they referred to it as a coulomb. The prices were high though, many people found them shocking. Although some people said they wouldn't stay there, they generally found that resistance was futile. Guests loved watching cable TV. The Wire was very popular. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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