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Using NiMH charger with transformer for European current?

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AndrewR

Lifer
I'm traveling to Paris this week and may tote my digital camera with me, but I would need to take my charger and my Kodak NiMH batteries. In order for it to work, I would need to employ my transformer to reduce the current, and I wanted to make sure that it wouldn't cause any problems since I know that some electronic devices are sensitive to even that altered current.

Any thoughts?
 
Depending on hotels they have them under the sink , or front desk... the europen might use some circle stuff.. i have a convert from radio shack but get the 1600 watts one.. the 50 watts one isn't enuff.. 24.00
 
its the volts you need to worry about not the current

some equipment looks at the frequency europe 50hz USA 60hz that can cause problems

for charging batts you should be ok with a step down transformer


? check your charger it may work from 110vac to 230vac
 
the battery charger for my camera tolerates a range of 110-240V without any user intervention. yours is probably the same, so check the specs on your charger!
 
Good chargers always come dual voltage meaning the work with just a 50cent adapter (Hz 50 vs. 60 don't matter with electronics just with motors. If it doesnt support 240v then you may have to buy a transformer. 35 watts is more than enough for a batt charger. Whatever you buy don't buy one of those 1600w transformers which are only for hair dryers beacuse they aren't real transformers. I don't know how the hell they work. To know if it is a real transformer consider its weight. I have a 1000watt that weighs more than 15lbs.
 
One thing if I didn't make it clear, the batteries are separate from the camera -- they are four NiMH Kodak 1450 mA batteries and come with their own charger. The transformer is a little rectangular thingie that's about the size of a wall socket itself (inside) -- actually a little smaller for each dimension. It's not very big or heavy. It worked fine with a Walkman when I lived over there.

I'm also not talking about a plug CONVERTER, which I have but which is a passive device that only converts the shape of the plug.
 
I have made several trips to Europe with my laptop and digital camera. The battery charger for the digital camera is not 110-240 vac, so I used a nifty little transformer . . . I always take it. It is an 85 watt voltage converter designed for European 240 vac and the Euro plugs. I connect the batery charger to it. It was $19.95 about two years ago . . . got it at one of those travel-luggage places in the mall. The brand is "Voltage Valet."

The laptop A/C adapter needs no converter . . . just a plug adaapter. It is 110/240 all automatic.

Bon Voyage! I'm going to France this summer. Save some vin for me!
 
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