New monitor, only euro plug!

ApocDawn · 28 Jan 2008 at 19:03

I bought this recently-

Asus VW193S 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black

but it only came with (what i assume is) a european plug, any ideas with what i should do? can i use a UK plug without it exploding?

Ta!

eggnoodle · 28 Jan 2008 at 19:09

buy a european > uk master plug adaptor from argos for a couple of quid. or get in contact with whoever supplied it to you and ask for a monitor with a uk plug. All depends on whichever option you would prefer. Monitor will work just fine on the euro > uk plug adaptor.

ApocDawn · 28 Jan 2008 at 19:14

It was supplied by ocuk, obviously. it takes a standard 3pin kettle type plug, if i used my old monitors cable would it asplode into a million pieces?

killersheep34 · 28 Jan 2008 at 19:25

It should work just fine, however..

If there was no UK plug supplied I'd check the input voltage rating of the monitor (should be a sticky label on the back) to make sure it excepts 230volts. May say something like 100 - 240v ~ which means it'll be fine.

TheBrooder · 28 Jan 2008 at 19:42

you can change the plug without a problem, I did the same to all my pc stuff when I moved to France

crazybones · 28 Jan 2008 at 21:03

Advise OCUK. They will want to know, as I believe that the law requires that electrical items sold in the UK require a 3 pin plug or converter:

http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/wirral/ebap/ecommerce14.htm

killersheep34 · 28 Jan 2008 at 21:13

TheBrooder said:
you can change the plug without a problem, I did the same to all my pc stuff when I moved to France

That's right with most things these days, however, it's still worthwhile checking the input voltage rating as not all kit has an auto switching power supply.

Trifid · 28 Jan 2008 at 21:50

I had this happen once with a PSU. Sent OcUK a webnote and next day had a UK kettle plug.

ApocDawn · 28 Jan 2008 at 22:07

ya, thanks guys, i advised ocuk, hopefully they'll send me a spare plug as im using half of my xbox360's power cable atm. ._.

Clarkey · 30 Jan 2008 at 12:39

killersheep34 said:
That's right with most things these days, however, it's still worthwhile checking the input voltage rating as not all kit has an auto switching power supply.

but we run the same voltage and frequency as the rest of europe, so it would never be an issue.

Stanners · 30 Jan 2008 at 20:39

No all country's have the same voltage as the uk in europe, but however they do all run at 50Hz and as most electronic items are rated 110-220volt's it will not be a problem.

glitch · 31 Jan 2008 at 07:12

ApocDawn said:
ya, thanks guys, i advised ocuk, hopefully they'll send me a spare plug as im using half of my xbox360's power cable atm. ._.

Let me know if you still need one as I've got about 20 of them knocking about from a recent CRT > TFT upgrade at work.

Happy to pop one in the post to you if it helps.