There are different types of plugs in Italy. The two-prong plugs will fit in. The problem is with three-prong plugs. You may need an adapter for Italy.
From personal experience. a lot of the plugs - even in modern hotels - look
like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#/media/File:Italian...
A Europlug will fit in but will not be grounded. You can, in fact, always connect a three-prong plug to a two-prong socket with a bit of tinkering, but you will just loose the ground. Not a problem if there is no static electricity on your devices. Big problem if there is some...
Best regards Gabe
On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Michele Lavazza michele.lavazza@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Base, I can confirm that European bidental power plugs (CEE 7/Europlug) fit into Italian 3-hole sockets (weird as they may be :D)
The en.wikipedia article about the Europlug says (@Stephen) that CEE 7/16 is but an alternative name for Europlugs, so your Type C plugs do fit into Italian sockets too.
Maybe you already came across it, but https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon#Recommended_Items_to_Brin... contains more detailed info than the FAQ.
Looking forward to seeing you in Esino! Cheers,
Michele
On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 12:44 AM, Stephen Niedzielski < sniedzielski@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I've been nervous about this too. I have these Type C, CEE 7/16 plugs: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007YL84VA/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF...
On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Bohdan Melnychuk base-w@yandex.ru wrote:
Hi.
Can someone please confirm whether normal European bidental power plugs (CEE 7/Europlug) fit into those weird Italian three-holed sockets (Type L)? I see in FAQ that those are listed with OR operand, but I want to be sure :) It looks from Wikipedia that the sockets could be thinner than pins of European plugs? If just this is the problem then it isn't one :)
--Base
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