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Do I need a converter or an adapter?

Do i need an adapter and a converter for cuba?

  • Im going to cayo coco, cuba and was wondering if I'll need to buy an adapter and a converter, just an adapter or just a converter. I already bought an adapter. It says 'travel adapter plugs are used in conjunction with a voltage travel converter or can be used independently with a dual voltage device (switchable 110V 220V) like a hair dryer.' My ipod charger and my camera charger say: input: 100-240V-50-60Hz My ds (i probably wont use it much): input: AC120V 60Hz 4W So? Do i have to buy a converter? Do i only need the adapter? Do i only need the converter? Thanks(:

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    your ipod and camera are good to go all you'll need is an adapter POSSIBLY the reason I say that is one hotel I go to has the same plugs we have in Canada the other hotel has the Euro round style ones BUT the outlets also are kitted out for the blade type we have as well. These devices will take almost any voltage in and change it to the voltage your device uses. Therefore you may need an adapter, we travel a fair bit so we normally have one when we travel. Your DS will be toast if you plug it in to the wall outlet without a power converter. The power adapter is good for mostly North America and to charge it up down there you will need a converter to take the 220 volts wall power down to 120 volts. The two hotels we stay in down there have had a big honking transformer in the room to step down the voltage to 120 V. The reason they use a big transformer is that curling irons and hair dryers draw a lot of current therefore a larger transformer is needed. Here in a nut shell is the difference between an adapter and a converter; adapters will not change the voltage they are only used to permit one style of plug to fit an outlet. Converters will change the voltage however the term adapter may be used to describe a converter by some people. Hope this helps, if in doubt don't plug it into the wall

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I have already answered this in your PREVIOUS question but, since this is IMPORTANT and it's obvious you don't have a F#@KING CLUE what you are doing.. and what you are DOING can and WILL DAMAGE YOUR EQUIPMENT.. I am answreing you again in THIS question Contrary to what these 15 year old 'experts' on here say.. you CAN NOT CONVERT UP in Voltage.. at least not with a CONSUMER product.. there ARE COMMERCIAL products that will do this.. but they are BIG they are HEAVY and they are EXPENSIVE. Just to make this simple.. so you won't ask this question a THIRD time and really confuse things.. let me make this as simple as I can make it. You can ONLY convert a 120 VAC unit UP in Voltage to 220 VAC by using a converter because the converter is DROPPING that 220 VAC down to 120 VAC so the equipment can use it. You can NOT plut a 220 VAC item into a 120 VAC outlet because it won't work on HALF VOLTAGE.. in order for it to work you would need to convert the 120 VAC up to 220VAC and, as I have already said.. THAT TAKES A COMMERCIAL UNIT.. there are NO consumer converters that will DO an UP VOLTAGE conversion 120 VAC to 220 VAC.. works with a converter 220 VAC to 120 VAC.. can only be done with a COMMERCIAL TRANSFORMER This is not just a simple yes/no answer. In all probability you won't need an adapter because you are going to a resort and most resorts have BOTH vovltages available in the rooms. The rub comes if you go out into the country and encounter a situation where someone is running on their own GENERATOR power because the voltage coming out of the socket may or may not be 120 VAC. I still rememver the time I fried a very expensive piece of equipment when I plugged in to what I thought was a 120 VAC socket and it was 120 VOLTS DC.. that can be a nice but short lived fireworks display and it IS a way to spoil your trip. If in DOUBT then ASK befor you plug into something. Here is the most FACTUAL web site listing of voltages and types of plugs/sockets that are used in the world. the USA is 120 Volts AC and the Plug & Socket configuration is A/B NOTE: Plug configurations A/B is what is used in the USA most ot North America and the Caribbean http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm

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