Travel Adapter UK to DR

benlilley said:

Hello everyone.

Does anyone know where i can find a travel adapter in Las Terrenas to use a UK plug here?

Or does anyone have one that they are willing to sell me (for a good price) because they are off home soon or something like that.

Many many thanks.

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Using Parliamentary parlance:
"May I refer the Honourable Gentleman/Lady to the answers given on the previous question he/she posed on this forum - http://www.dr1.com/forums/santo-domingo/79992-uk-dominican-plug-adapter.html#post680169."
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"Has the Hon. Gentleman/Lady followed through the suggestions given on that thread &/or can He/she give answers to the intended helpful questions?" Some of us here just HATE having to repeat ourselves ESPECIALLY when we are repeating ourselves to the same person!
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WHAT appliance are you trying to run & is it designed purely for 240 v use??
Will the item be used on a 220 v or 110 v circuit? (makes a difference as to which plug type you have to use!!) ~ Grahame.

Here is an e-bay link showing 5 pages of items you have asked about. Give them a view for what YOU want & then see if anyone from the UK coming out here would be prepared to bring you one or two. They are small & not heavy!!

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=UK+-+USA+travel+adapter

Argos do them too
Argos - www.argos.co.uk

(Ain't Google a wonderful thing???) I seem to recall that Boots, W.H. Smiths & general electrical stores like Tandy .............. also do them.

If you prefer to order from the US (maybe slightly cheaper but you will have to add postage from US to Dominican Republic via reliable courier) then just Google or search on www.ebay.com for them.

This might be a quicker option than trying to find one in Santo Domingo or Santiago!! ~ Grahame

benlilley said:

Hello everyone.

Does anyone know where i can find a travel adapter in Las Terrenas to use a UK plug here?

Or does anyone have one that they are willing to sell me (for a good price) because they are off home soon or something like that.

Many many thanks.

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Try one of the computers stores in Las Terrenas, ask Thomas from Compulandia 809.240.6510 or Martin from Servi-PC 809.240.6156 they might have one adapter.

Good luck
WebDev

benlilley said:

Thank you for your reply.

As you may notice my last post was place in the Santo Domingo group (unfortunately i was unsuccessful there in my quest), I have now changed location and am living in Las Terrenas for 3 months.

I am wishing to use the adapter for charging a camera and a phone - a standard travel adapter is all i need, not any special voltage converter.

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I did pm the Honorable Gentleman and offer to GIVE him one of mine if he wanted to make the trip from Santo Domingo to Juan Dolio.

Obviously too far.

Matilda

benlilley said:

I am wishing to use the adapter for charging a camera and a phone - a standard travel adapter is all i need, not any special voltage converter.

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If Voltage transfer Up or down is not required then personally I would just cut off the UK 3 pin & connect a local plug (keeping the UK plug for when I returned to the UK of course!:cheeky:!).

2 or 3 pin local plug available at ANY hardware or electrical store = 20 pesos (maybe less) & 5 minutes of my time!! Q.E. D. ~ Grahame.

Just a couple of 'follow up' points for you benlilley which I trust will be helpful

1. I HOPE the 'post' you are referring to relates to EPS, FedEx, Business mail or similar PRIVATE postal service rather than the National Postal System! The latter MAY cause you a few sleepless nights.

2. Keep Metro Bus service & Caribe Tours in mind when needing to get a package from point 'a' to point 'b' in this country. I find MetroPak & Caribe Tours very useful when wanting to get documents & goods to friends throughout the country. I am sure the 'Lady' who made the offer to you would have taken the adapter to her local bus station & sent it to the one nearest to you - just a thought for the future.

3. Just to clear up what might be a misconception in your mind - DR1 contributors are not 'SUPPOSED' to offer help. They are not OBLIGED to respond with helpful information - they do so because they WANT to or they LIKE being helpful. There are some 20,000 plus 'members' on DR1 & around 18,000 never post let alone offer help on ANY subject. Generally any 'attitude' that appears on a thread is a result of the information/advice giver feeling that the information given is being ignored or rejected out of hand. A quick response to say 'Thanks, I'll follow that through' or 'comments noted & helpful - thanks' would reduce greatly the possibility of 'attitude' getting in to a thread!

Thank you for your feedback & I hope all goes well with your POST. If it doesn't arrive in 4 weeks, you might find it necessary to order another one & ask DR1 members coming from the States (or England) if they would mind bringing one down/over for you. ~ Grahame.

"comments noted and helpful - thanks"

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If you want GB to RD adaptor I can lend you one for a couple of months but watch it DR plugs for 110v and 220v are different. Most phone and camera chargers are multi voltage, chargers will work on either voltage. I live in LT but you will have to contact me by email as my cellphone is in a very fringe area. rrtj@uklinux.net. ciao for now.

Garcia & Marcel Ferreteria , Calle Principal LT sell adaptor plugs for both GB and European continent .