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Can i use a two-pin electrical plug from small appliances bought in South Africa in the UK?

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Can i use a two-pin electrical plug from small appliances bought in South Africa in the UK?

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Sounds like you need shaver adapters, they look like a standard UK plug but have a two pin socket on the back. In the UK we use an isolating transformer in bathrooms to provide a 2 pin socket for electric shavers and rechargeable toothbrushes. You get the adapters in most DIY stores, some suprmarkets, and the odd pound shop. Ohterwise buy some UK plugs (About 50p each), a screwdriver, and a pair of cutters, cut of the two pin plug and wire on a UK plug. The red or brown wire goes to the fuse, the black or blue wire goes to the neutral pin, dont wire anything to the earth pin.

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