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We are off to Venice for a few daze in a weeks time and I have just had a thought?? It's OK, I'm sat down and strapped in so I won't fall over [:-))]

Does anyone know if the 2 pin French plugs fit the Italian sockets? I have done a search and they look very similar, but it would be nice to find out beforehand if adaptors were needed for phone/camera/etc chargers were needed. That includes the  round 3 pin adaptor for our MacBook??

Any ideas please?

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I am sure we used our usual French plugs to charge things while in Sicily a few years back, JJ.

Another time I would make sure I took an adapter with two USB sockets, though, as we were often fighting over a single wall socket!

Some hotels had such an advanced approach to energy-saving that all the electrics automatically were cancelled as soon as you left the room and locked the door, so nothing got charged in our absence, though.

Angela
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I seem to remember that we ended up changing plugs on my hair stuff, because the italian plugs had a pin in the wall socket that fit into the plug. That was because our plugs were 'round', the flat ones with two pins were ok. So the round ones that OH put on had a hole for this pin in the wall socket. Just looked, still on my travel hairdryer.

Now if any of those terms are wrong, I have no  idea what the right ones are. And that is all I remember and things may have changed, as it is a about 9 years since I have been to Italy.

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Ah, as idun says, it might be different if you are using a round French plug with the earth pin.

http://www.decouverte-italie.com/prises-electriques-italie.php

We were just using French two-pin plugs, and those were fine.

The hotels always provided hairdryers, so we did not have to use anything with the French earth.

Angela
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GOOD GRIEF Mikew [:-))]

I'll have to go into a dark room to calm down after looking at that site!

Ta for the info folks. As I said, I think, the only thing we have that needs more than 2 pins is the MacBook charger, so I will look into that? Just to make it even more interesting that's has a U.K. plug on it [Www]

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useful web sites:

http://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/l/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Italian_multiple_standard_sockets

http://www.adaptelec.com/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&products_id=304

http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/italy/

some of them look a little like Swiss sockets, but I thought taht Switz was were alone in its socket type.

Good luck.

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It's probably me being a bit 'retentive' but I think that's a really interesting site.

It would seem that as long as you're using 2 pin euro plugs you'll be fine

Europlugs

are compatible with the following types of sockets: CEE 7/3 (Schuko),

CEE 7/5 (French), SEV 1011 (Swiss), CEI 23-50 (Italian)
, DS 107-2D1 (Danish), SI 32 (Israeli) and IEC 60906-1 and other outlets that accept

plugs with two round pins, 19 mm apart.

I've always thought that there's no chance of the EU being unified if they can't even agree one standard for Lecktrickery sockets

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My experience of Italy is that you will find different standards. Some (a few in the areas I visited from Venice to Bologna and none in the other areas I have visited - Umbria and Puglia) will have German/Swiss/Austrian standard plugs - a French round plug will not fit because of the side earth cut out in the above. All will have the "standard" Italian socket with 3 holes in a row. two pin plugs generally fit, because there seems to be just a bit of play in the pins, but round plugs (even German ones with no earth pin) will not.
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