Page 1 of german electrical plug and uk plug info req

im thinking of getting getting an electrical appliance from germany off ebay that i cant get here. so what id like to know is can i fit a uk plug on the flex or would i have to use an adaptor

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what id like to know is can i fit a uk plug on the flex or would i have to use an adaptor

You can fit a UK plug. Germany uses (more or less) the same voltage as us, so there`s no need to use a transformer or anything like that.

Mike

thanks but are the wires same colour brown for live etc

yes or they could be white and black white=live black=neutral

i would hate to get it wrong.

If you didn`t want to change the plug, you can buy a a UK plug that the German one plugs into...My satellite receiver has one of those, and it works just fine

id rather change the plug incase i ever wanted to sell the appliance,people might be put off.i just nedd the exact wirre colours

Germany uses the international standard (Brown=Live, Blue=Neutral, Green/Yellow=Earth). There`s also an older standard - Black=Live, Grey=Neutral, Red=Earth - but I don`t think you`d find that on a modern appliance.

Mike

"id rather change the plug incase i ever wanted to sell the appliance,people might be put off.i just nedd the exact wirre colours"

Unless you flog it back to someone in mainland Europe!!!

It was jut an option..of course, if you did want to sell it, then you could always put a UK plug on then.