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Old 05-05-2014, 04:35 PM   #1
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UK Nook: can you change the plug?
I can't.

My Nook came with a standard US 2-pin plug on the PSU and a converter for using it with UK 13-amp sockets. I leave for the US in 2 days and want to remove the converter. I attacked it with brute strength, a screwdriver and a small hack saw... There has to be a cleverer way of doing this.

What have I missed, please?
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Old 05-07-2014, 10:27 AM   #2
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How did you attach the converter originally? Reversing whatever that process was would seem to be the logical suggestion.
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Another logical suggestion is to plug it in, as is, to a US travel adapter rather than damaging it trying to get it apart.

It may not be elegant, going from US - UK - US, but I hope that works because I also will be travelling to North America in the near future, and that is what I intend doing ?
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Calling from USA - violence won out and the converter came away with a really hard pull. There's hope of remaining elegant, mXb!
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Calling from USA - violence won out and the converter came away with a really hard pull. There's hope of remaining elegant, mXb!
If I remember correctly it was a very tight fit putting it together so I think I'll try my way first.

I hope it works as I won't have my toolbox with me to force them apart.....
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