I'm leaving for the UK on Sunday and it just struck me that I have no way to charge my KR808 batteries. I used to live over there and still get there a couple times a year, so I have an assortment of plug adapters but am assuming that I need some kind of transformer..... I didn't think of this in January when I quit analogs. Any suggestions?
Yank has UK battery-charging question
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any usb charger (computer to charger works)
but wall to charger you need a 220vots to 110 or 120 volts
I also think the 901 charger from Mini DSE901 Electronic Cigarette-Mains Charger Mini works
but wall to charger you need a 220vots to 110 or 120 volts
I also think the 901 charger from Mini DSE901 Electronic Cigarette-Mains Charger Mini works
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I believe you would need a 240 - 120v stepdown convertor available on amazon for a few $$'s probably cheaper than buying a new charger we run 230v here through the plug sockets so if you just use an adapter it may well blow your 120v equipment
If you can get a US mains electricity plug with a USB adapter in it (the thing that should be used for a PT), then that can be used in the UK with a travel plug (multi-adapter type), which you can buy in the US or UK. There may physically be an issue with a chain of plugs that might need supporting, of course 
However if you look at the specification plate on the bottom of your KR8 charger, you will almost certainly find that it accepts 100v to 240v AC, 50-60Hz. This means you can plug it in a US, UK, or EU socket (basically anywhere). Whatever you put into it, you get 4.2v DC out.
All you need then is a travel adapter plug. The US and EU use a two-pin system, in the UK there is a much more robust 3-pin system. An adapter available anywhere fixes that. Adapters can vary, so just check that the two flat pins of the KR8 charger cable fit in the back of the travel adapter, and that it has a UK 3 square pin option on the front.
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However if you look at the specification plate on the bottom of your KR8 charger, you will almost certainly find that it accepts 100v to 240v AC, 50-60Hz. This means you can plug it in a US, UK, or EU socket (basically anywhere). Whatever you put into it, you get 4.2v DC out.
All you need then is a travel adapter plug. The US and EU use a two-pin system, in the UK there is a much more robust 3-pin system. An adapter available anywhere fixes that. Adapters can vary, so just check that the two flat pins of the KR8 charger cable fit in the back of the travel adapter, and that it has a UK 3 square pin option on the front.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I did look at the voltage numbers on the charger but since I am electronically "challenged" and needed validation........ I've got the adapters, so I'm set. Appreciate your help!
Awesome only too glad to help... Good call on the usb adapter Rolygate.
Lisa what part of the UK are you visiting ?
Lisa what part of the UK are you visiting ?
Richmond (Upon Thames), then Kent for a wedding at Hever Castle (I'm excited about that - Anne Boleyn's childhood home and all!), then Marlowe. Used to live in St. Albans for six months, bought a house in Dunstable, lived there for a few years and moved to Chicago in 2000. I miss it over there and return two or three times per year. I miss my friends!
Well at least you're coming over to a prettier part of the country Used to live in bedfordshire before i moved to Oldham
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