American plug do not have the round socket. JP On Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 08:18 Cornelius Kibelka, < cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de&gt; wrote:

Oh sorry I misunderstood the question. Yes you can use plug with the third pin for the ground in the Sheraton. Only exception could be some extension cords plug that do not have the third pin but all wall plugs has the three. JP On Tue, Jul 18, 2017, 09:52 Béria Lima, &lt;berialima(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

I’ve started a section on the Travel_tips page on Wikimania wiki: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Travel_tips#Electrical_systems -Andrew -Andrew Lih Associate professor of journalism, American University US National Archives Citizen Archivist of the Year (2016) Knight Foundation grant recipient - Wikipedia Space (2015) Wikimedia DC - Outreach and GLAM --- Email: andrew(a)andrewlih.com WEB: https://muckrack.com/fuzheado PROJECT: Wikipedia Space: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPSPACE <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPSPACE> BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Andrew Lih &lt;andrew(a)andrewlih.com&gt; wrote:

Hi, I have a request for our American & Canadian friends: Could you collect a lot of power cables with US sockets, so that all of us foreigners can use them instead of complicated adapter plugs ? I know that I have dozens of them hanging around my house, they come with all the equipment but I do not discard them when I get rid of the old stuff. I am sure that you guys over there can get boxes of these power cords for free. Hint: Tell your local newspaper that you are looking for power cords for different devices. They can then run a "human interest" story about how dozens (or hundreds, whatever) of wikimedians from all over the world will be coming to Montreal and they will all need to connect their computers and other devices. Different countries use different plugs (as some American wikimedians were very surprised to find out last summer in Esino Lario). Best regards Gabe On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 6:57 PM, Cornelius Kibelka < cornelius.kibelka(a)wikimedia.de&gt; wrote:

Many power cords consist of 2 parts, so for example if you have a Thinkpad and it looks like this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/images/images2500x2500/lenovo_0b46994_tp_90w_ac… Then you use the part with the little box as you always would and just need that other part from there to the wall socket, and no additional adapter. Daniel Zahn &lt;dzahn(a)wikimedia.org&gt; Operations Engineer

I tried my hair dryer I bought in the U.S. in Europe, but it wasn't a good idea ;) The other way it will be only slow, and dries the hair after ages... I think, power adapters work with both voltage, and mobile devices will be charged only slower with 110V. Best, Samat On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Peter Southwood < peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net&gt; wrote:

This was true for South Korean hair dryer (220V) used in Japan (110V). While it doesn't explode or some kind of smoke (see also [1]), dryer was almost unusable as the power was too weak. So a small question: does the hotel provides hair dryer? I guess so, but want to reconfirm. [1]: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Electrical_systems -- Yongmin Sent from my iPhone https://wp.revi.blog Text licensed under CC BY ND 2.0 KR Please note that this address is list-only address and any non-mailing list mails will be treated as spam. Please use https://encrypt.to/0x947f156f16250de39788c3c35b625da5beff197a. 2017. 7. 19. 17:25 Samat &lt;samat78(a)gmail.com&gt; 작성:

I took photos of the rooms and bathrooms but sorry that I didn’t check on the hair dryer situation. I would trust Martin’s research on this. :) -Andrew -Andrew Lih Associate professor of journalism, American University US National Archives Citizen Archivist of the Year (2016) Knight Foundation grant recipient - Wikipedia Space (2015) Wikimedia DC - Outreach and GLAM --- Email: andrew(a)andrewlih.com WEB: https://muckrack.com/fuzheado PROJECT: Wikipedia Space: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPSPACE <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:WPSPACE> BOOK: The Wikipedia Revolution: http://www.wikipediarevolution.com On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 5:45 AM, Martin Rulsch &lt;martin.rulsch(a)wikimedia.de&gt; wrote:

Hello. Am 19.07.2017 um 09:39 schrieb Peter Southwood: 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. -- Benutzerseite: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] PGP: 0x7CD1E35FD2A3A158 (pka funktioniert)

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(a)telkomsa.net&gt; wrote:

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. Cheers, Peter From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gabriel Thullen Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2017 11:04 PM To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Socket type in the Sheraton Hotel 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 &lt;peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net&gt; wrote: Which devices with an induction motor will run off a laptop power cable? Cheers, Peter -----Original Message----- From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of DaB. Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2017 12:42 AM To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Socket type in the Sheraton Hotel Hello. Am 19.07.2017 um 09:39 schrieb Peter Southwood: 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. -- Benutzerseite: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] PGP: 0x7CD1E35FD2A3A158 (pka funktioniert) _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _____ <http://www.avg.com/internet-security> Image removed by sender. AVG logo This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/internet-security>