Summary of Re: Spring Plasma Meeting

[Marco Martin]

On Tuesday 29 January 2008, Chani wrote:
> oh hey, what about power adaptors for our laptops? today I bought a
> travel-size one for china (my laptop fits in power bars but not wall
> sockets here, and I don't want to take a big power bar to beijing with me),
> and the store had a bunch of different ones for different countries. maybe
> I should buy one for italy? could you tell me what the sockets look like so
> I know I'm buying the right one?

power is 220V 50Hz (laptops should survive both 150v and 220v)
the connector is 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Type_L_.28Italian_3-pin.29
but it's also quite common
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Type_F_.28German_2-pin.2C_side_clip_earth.29
type f or type e-f hybrid

Cheers,
Marco Martin