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VWeed · 02-06-2012, 05:21 PM

Hello Ivanjt,

yes, if there woul'd be a cable at the line-in of the charger, Juergen were been able to swap the american plug against a german one.

Because the charger has a build-in plug in one case with the charger, the customs prohibites to use the origin charger since it has american-standard flat jacks.
In Germany we use round jacks, the american-plug won't match here.
If using a adapter, and plug this one into the wall mains socket before plugging the charger into the adapter it's a real existing risk of a power-surge. Because while plugging in the charger it's jacks are touchable by fingers.

This risk is high, so the german product-safety-office prohibites to import american-standard-chargers.

So the custom told - and I must promise him not to use this charger im Germany!

And really, when I tried this at home, I saw, what he has talked is true. You really can kill yourself with a charger like this and a adapter, if wrong plug-in order in using them.

So never plug in the adapter in the wall mains socket before connecting this with the charger!

But as smart as I am

, I have fixed the charger with two-component-glue out of the work-box of my sweetheart together with the adapter, so my little sister may not split them any time again. So nothing can harm my loved sister anyway.

And everything is fine now. Juergen has controlled my work and has praisen my idea as good and safe (one of the rare moments, my brain works).

best wishes

Vero

P.S. My EE has come with a other power supply. At this, the charger was connected on both sides with lines. The input-cable was plugable and a line with a german plug was shipped with.
And... I bought the EE from Netherlands. So the dealer there probably had the same problems with import. And perhaps because of this an other, legal charger was delivered with the device.

02-06-2012, 05:21 PM	#27
VWeed Lese-Kaninchen Posts: 122 Karma: 1078 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Munich / Germany Device: Onyx I86 HDML Plus, PB626_2, Entourage Pocket Edge, LGGPad, LGG2	Hello Ivanjt, yes, if there woul'd be a cable at the line-in of the charger, Juergen were been able to swap the american plug against a german one. Because the charger has a build-in plug in one case with the charger, the customs prohibites to use the origin charger since it has american-standard flat jacks. In Germany we use round jacks, the american-plug won't match here. If using a adapter, and plug this one into the wall mains socket before plugging the charger into the adapter it's a real existing risk of a power-surge. Because while plugging in the charger it's jacks are touchable by fingers. This risk is high, so the german product-safety-office prohibites to import american-standard-chargers. So the custom told - and I must promise him not to use this charger im Germany! And really, when I tried this at home, I saw, what he has talked is true. You really can kill yourself with a charger like this and a adapter, if wrong plug-in order in using them. So never plug in the adapter in the wall mains socket before connecting this with the charger! But as smart as I am , I have fixed the charger with two-component-glue out of the work-box of my sweetheart together with the adapter, so my little sister may not split them any time again. So nothing can harm my loved sister anyway. And everything is fine now. Juergen has controlled my work and has praisen my idea as good and safe (one of the rare moments, my brain works). best wishes Vero P.S. My EE has come with a other power supply. At this, the charger was connected on both sides with lines. The input-cable was plugable and a line with a german plug was shipped with. And... I bought the EE from Netherlands. So the dealer there probably had the same problems with import. And perhaps because of this an other, legal charger was delivered with the device. Last edited by VWeed; 02-06-2012 at 05:31 PM.