EU to Irish plug adaptor

fritzelly

Anyone know where I can pick up one these type in Dublin City centre?

meercat

Not city centre but most electrical wholesalers should have something similar
You could possibly cut the plug off and fit a 3 pin plug instead

https://powercity.ie/product/360959

fritzelly

Definitely don't want those types

EdgeCase

meercat wrote: »

Not city centre but most electrical wholesalers should have something similar
You could possibly cut the plug off and fit a 3 pin plug instead

https://powercity.ie/product/360959

That’s only earthed if used with Italian or Swiss plugs. Don’t use it with normal “Schuko” plugs - the type found in France, Spain, Germany, Portugal and pretty much all of Europe except Italy, Denmark and Switzerland.

coylemj

Why not just buy a travel adapter?

fritzelly

Got these ones here - just push in the plug, no opening.
http://www.freetv.ie/converter-plug/

EdgeCase

If you’re not planning to go back to continental Europe with the appliance, cut the plug off and fit an Irish one instead. Adapters are very bulky and unnecessary for permanent use here.

Just bear in mind that 16 amp continental “schuko” plugs are actually “three pin” - the third earth contact isn’t connected with stricking our pin, but with two sliding contacts at the top and bottom of the plug (or a hole in the front of the plug that connects to an earth pin on French, Belgian and polish etc sockets.)

If you use an adapter that doesn’t have a recessed socket with two metal clips or a pin sticking out of the socket face, it means you are not connecting the earth. Just because the live and neutral pins fit into the adapter’s socket and the appliance works, doesn’t mean it’s safe.

See : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko

The small, 2.5amp flat “euro plugs” used with small appliances can be easily converted with the adapter in the post above.

The larger ones end up really bulky in the earthed converter plugs, you’re better cutting them off and fitting an Irish one instead.

fritzelly

These are unearthed 2 pins so the above adaptor works great and isn't wobbly like the other one posted (like mobile chargers, shaver...)

p.s. I'm not from contintental Europe, just ended up with European plugs on some things.

EdgeCase

The normal plug adapter for continental plugs looks like this:

Or else, the ones that completely enclose the plug and can’t be removed without a screwdriver.

The rest are usually made to no particular standard at all.