I agree with this as a useful proposal. There were objections, and I was trying to find out if they were actually relevant to your specific proposal, So fat I am not convinced that there is a risk, and support the proposal as useful. Whether it can be done on a useful scale is yet to be determined.
My interest is that I am on the committee for Wikimania 2018, and we will have a similar problem. Particularly with adaptors from Australian to South African. Euro and American are off the shelf. Australian are apparently not.
Peter
From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gabriel Thullen
Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2017 11:04 PM
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I think that this conversation is getting way off track.
The original question was about what type of adapter on needs to be able to plug into a power mains in Canada.
One smart answer was the picture of the sockets available.
I suggested that someone in Montréal see if he collect a bunch of power cords that I felt that people might want to donate.
That is all. I assume that the wikimedians travelling to Canada know about the voltage issues, they just want to be able to plug their modern computer into the room socket.
Best regards
Gabe
PS
I am not sure that the vacuum tubes in my computer will like the 110V, but I will give it a try...
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:54 PM, Peter Southwood <peter.southwood@telkomsa.net> wrote:
Which devices with an induction motor will run off a laptop power cable?
Cheers,
Peter
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From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of DaB.
Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2017 12:42 AM
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Hello.
Am 19.07.2017 um 09:39 schrieb Peter Southwood:
> Which 220V devices do you know that will be damaged by connecting via
> a laptop power cable to 110V?
everyone that has an induction motor in it for example. And it’s 230V since 30 years BTW.
But it’s not my devices that will go broke – but do not say I didn’t warn you :-).
Sincerely,
DaB.
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