Anyone Know What Type of Charger This Is?

Slick Rick

Slick Rick

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Got an MP3 player off ebay today. I need to buy a UK adaptor for this charger but an electrical shop i thought would have it, didnt. I think its a US one but i thought the US plugs were round.....Can anyone help me identify it?

The distance between the two pins is about 1.3cm

 
That is a US plug, they look like that and I just measured one, 1.3 cm pretty nearly.

So you would need American 120 v 60 hz to whatever the British standard is.
 
Slick Rick
Cool, thanks!
So in America you have two types of pin? Flat and round?
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We have that kind of plug, and also the same kind but with a round 3rd pin below the pair of flat pins which is the ground. The wall sockets are all for the grounded plugs, so that either can fit (not utilizing the ground hole in the case of 2-pin plugs).

There are also some other standards for appliances (like electric ovens or dryers) which are on special 240 V circuits.
 
Slick Rick
Cool, thanks!
So in America you have two types of pin? Flat and round?
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We have three. We have the one skip described (with the ground plug in the bottom), and one where the two side pins are identicle so the plug cad be placed in upside down, and ones where one side of the plug has a wider pin than the other.
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Most things use only the neutral and hot pins, but some use the ground (power tools) and some don't use the neutral and instead have two hot pins (Christmas lights).
 
hmmm, From that pic you show the Neutral is taller but on my charger their both the same. Does that mean i could accidentally plug it upside down?!:scared:
 
Slick Rick
hmmm, From that pic you show the Neutral is taller but on my charger their both the same. Does that mean i could accidentally plug it upside down?!:scared:
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If they are both the same it doesn't matter whether you plug it in upside down or not, because the plug was designed so it didn't need a neutral. Only things that take rather large power consumption need neutral pins. Chargers usually don't. Light power loads don't require a neutral pin.
 

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