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My good friend tphi recomended my our local electrical bits-&-bobs shop for a step-up or step-down converter as im pre-ordering a DS but have nothing for their lame 2-pin plugs.
The problem is the shop is out and wont have them until the end of next month! Not being really technically minded I'm not sure what the voltage is with those dodgy American plugs.
I will defiantly need one... obviously. but I dont want my house to be burnt down (or my DS to blow up). So will someone explain or give me a link to a website so I can get hold of one.
Im guessing a shaving adaptor will not work :P
Any help will be nice. cheers.
Although I'm sure that if it's an AC charger, you'll get away with a simple adaptor. Not sure on that though.
> all you need is a standard GBA SP charger, this can be bought from
> most games shop for around £7
>
> i am going to use my current pal sp charger :)
>
> hope that helps
Yes, yes it does! cheers! Sure it works?
> NEVER skimp on the step down converter, even for a
> charger I have read some pretty nasty stories of people who bought
> cheap ones. Wouldn't make a massive difference for something like a
> charger but I would go for a heavy duty one regardless.
For once Alastair I agree with you. Goblin Direct sent me a really, really bad one when I imported a Cube and the whole thing overheated rather spectacularly, melting the plastic casing and causing a lot of black smoke in my living room :D
Needless to say, it smelt of burning from Day 1, so I really wouldn't advise on a cheap one. Luckily I have a GBASP adaptor, so I should be fine.
After all, aren't the handhelds in the UK identical (except sometimes the colour design) to the ones in the rest of the world?
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