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Calis Beach Forum => Expat & Property Owners Q and A Forum => Topic started by: hornedfrog on June 17, 2019, 10:41:57 AM

Title: Universal wall socket
Post by: hornedfrog on June 17, 2019, 10:41:57 AM

(https://i.postimg.cc/PLGvHvpv/Universal-wall-socket.png) (https://postimg.cc/PLGvHvpv)

Good morning/afternoon, all.
I'm thinking of replacing all my wall sockets with this (or similar in various forms) to allow all USB electronics and plugs from EU/UK/USA to be plugged in without the need for adapters.

Question: has anyone already tried this? What are your views? Anything to be wary of when installing? (I'd be having electricians install, of course!)

Thanks in advance, before I purchase a shed load of these!

Title: Re: Universal wall socket
Post by: KKOB on June 17, 2019, 11:02:51 AM

Good idea. All new builds in Singapore are fitted with them apparently.

Title: Re: Universal wall socket
Post by: hornedfrog on June 17, 2019, 11:27:09 AM

Thanks @KKOB...it DOES seem to make sense, especially if you're looking to rent out as holiday let (don't think I'll go down that path yet).

My thoughts were I don't want to even think about taking adapters when bringing laptops, phone chargers, etc. from the UK; but also, that allows me to source products from across Europe as well.

Thanks again.

Title: Re: Universal wall socket
Post by: KKOB on June 17, 2019, 12:01:59 PM

When we moved out there we took 4 UK 4/5-gang trailing leads and put 'Turkish' plugs on the leads. Saved changing all the plugs on our UK stuff.

Title: Re: Universal wall socket
Post by: SteveJ on June 18, 2019, 10:38:12 AM

We did the same as KKOB - a much cheaper option than replacing all the sockets.