battery adapter

[jonwolf]

im going on a trip over to spain, switzerland, and france. i am doing a project and ill have my dvx100b with me. is there a place online where i can buy adapters for my battery chargers so that they work in europe?

 

[marlenedegrood]

Of course.......they're very common. If you don't know where to start looking then just call a travel agency.

Marlene

 

[GenJerDan]

And don't let anyone talk you into transformers. All you need is a 50-cent piece of plastic plug adapter.

 

[jonwolf]

on the battery charger itself you can pull out the cord. on apple products you can switch the cord to be a different countries. i wasnt sure if you could do that with this panasonic adapter. Obviously dvx100b are sold in europe and they must have a battery charger. What is this '50 cent plastic piece' called. I am compelty retarded when it comes to anything outside the world of film/video/web .

 

[GenJerDan]

These things: http://www.voltage-converter-transformers.com/plug-adapter2.html

The VP-11W would take care of most Europe.

(My 50 cent cheap plastic ones come from the PX. Sorry.)

Also, like you said, if the cord pulls out, you can just get a European one to replace it. You'd probably be able to pick up a cord that would work at any decent consumer electronics store once you get to Europe, if you want to go that route.

 

[Jarred Land]

i brought mine to europe last year and just used the 2 dollar socket adapter and plugged thecharger into that.. the charger does the voltage conversion.

 

[lutnik]

All you need is a power cord like this:

http://www.national-tech.com/specs/10w1-13306.htm

That way you won't need to bring any bulky plug adapter with you.
This cord wil work fine in Spain, France and Swizerland (here you may need to buy a Schuko adater locally, approx 2 $).

Trust me, I'm based in Europe.

Lutnik

 

[Jarred Land]

I would recommend the adapter.. as then you can plug all your junk into it, like cell phones etc.

 

[lutnik]

I would recommend the adapter.. as then you can plug all your junk into it, like cell phones etc.

It makes sense, but I'd go further then: bring a power strip. It doesn't take much extra space and, soon or later, you'll be in the need of recharging all of your pieces of equipment at the same time (Murphy's Law for the traveling filmmaker).


Lutnik

 

[Jarred Land]

yeah instead of a strip just use a power block.. the little 3-1 square breakout things. super small and should cover most of it.

 

[vidled]

im going on a trip over to spain, switzerland, and france. i am doing a project and ill have my dvx100b with me. is there a place online where i can buy adapters for my battery chargers so that they work in europe?

Hey jonwolf, PM me your addy and we'll send you two adapters.
Most of Europe now uses the Schuko standard, although the Swiss plug's pin diameter is actually smaller: Schuko is about 4.75mm, the Swiss pin's diameter is 4mm.
We have tons in stock and bought them cheap; they are two pole only (no earth).

These adapters we have won't change voltage of course, and you have to make sure your chargers are both 110V/220V, 50/60Hz (the DVX one is).

 

[vidled]

These things: http://www.voltage-converter-transformers.com/plug-adapter2.html

The VP-11W would take care of most Europe.

Aye, but not Switzerland. They use their own specs. That's why I'd go with a two prong plug adapter (if you don't need the earth). As long as it's not a three pole (ground included).

Here's what we could send you jonwolf, and it would cover the use of the DVX charger in Spain, France, and CH.