5punk

I shall soon be coming to your lovely country for a year! I have a mobile phone that I would like to bring over with me, and I'm wondering if you guys know any shops that would sell me a charger for it?

The phone is a Motorola V3

Oh, and I shall be in Florida if anybody cares :D

You can get one over here goto most phone shops they will be able to order you on if they dont have one in stock.

Vowles wrote:You can get one over here goto most phone shops they will be able to order you on if they dont have one in stock.

Or do it over here if that tickles your pickle.

Where in Florida are you giong to be at?

Vowles wrote:You can get one over here goto most phone shops they will be able to order you on if they dont have one in stock.

this, they should have em in stock in most phone shops tho, or for the time being see if u can get an english to american socket

even tho the socets are the same just a different voltage or sumin

Vowles wrote:You can get one over here goto most phone shops they will be able to order you on if they dont have one in stock.

Don't they use a different voltage or something to us? Or is it actually as simple as just getting a plug converter?

Nickface wrote: Where in Florida are you giong to be at?

I'm down in the Keys working at a place called Seacamp, it's a marine education stylee place

if u cant find any in shops then try getting a plug converter at the airport hehe

you get adapters that you plug into the walls, which enable you to use your good old british plug.

But I would advise getting anew phone over there, It will cost you more than you could imagine to use it other there, *I know*

Ty aka Sir Die Aloty wrote:But I would advise getting anew phone over there, It will cost you more than you could imagine to use it other there, *I know*

I'm one step ahead here.... I'm going to get my phone unblocked from 02 so that I canput a yank sim card into it, saves me having to buy a new handset over there

viper_2090 wrote:I'm down in the Keys working at a place called Seacamp, it's a marine education stylee place

Ah, I see! The job I interviewed for via the telephone was in Tallahassee

I would watch the plug converter idea if i were you. An american friend brought his hair clippers over here, used it with a plug adapter, and almost dropped the thing in fright. It sounded like it was possessed by a demon.

A really angry demon.

If the voltage difference does that to clippers, i really wouldnt want to risk my mobile on it.

often cheapy adaptors won't do voltage.

shouldn't be a problem feeding less power in though

FYI: American power is 120V (AC) at 60Hz.

yep. and English is 230v 50hz.
Read the back of your phone charger. Many new (switched mode) transformers will do 100-240v 50/60hz
Therefore all you'll need is a english3pin->american2pin plug adapter. about £3 at a travel shop.

oh and you need to come out to Colorado and see some mountains.

deject wrote:oh and you need to come out to Colorado and see some mountains.

Hell, I live in this country and I've only seen mountains from an airplane!

Nickface wrote:

deject wrote:oh and you need to come out to Colorado and see some mountains.

Hell, I live in this country and I've only seen mountains from an airplane!

you can come too, we're renting a 5 bedroom house so we can fit 2 more in somewhere.

UPDATE:

The back of my charger has the following inscribed...
"INPUT 100-240V~50/60Hz"

This means it is safe with just a plug adapter yes?

yep, that'll be fine.

cool. thought it was worth checking!

viper_2090 wrote:Oh, and I shall be in Florida if anybody cares :D

Poor Florida....... :D