Hey...
I want to buy a Dell XPS M2010 from the US, but I need to get the power cable from the UK.
Both US and UK cables have a mid-wire AC adapter that converts from 110V (US) or 220V (UK) to 150W. I'm not really sure if it's okay though...
Help please? Google is unfriendly.
150W? doubt it, a descent computer PSU can draw up to 500W
The XPS M2010 is a laptop
So can I order the cable from the UK?
So you are in the UK, but want to get the computer from the US?
Most likely, they just exchange the AC adapter for different-voltage markets and the rest stays the same. So it should work fine. I can't think of a reason why it wouldn't, at least.
And do check that you can get an an adapter in practice if you haven't already - get the part number and see that you can get one "spare".
I am going to get somebody to make a order for me, and deliver to their US address, then they send it to me to my UK address. So there isn't a chance of them automatically changing it, though I may be able to ask somehow...
I have a European (220V) AC adapter for my current UK laptop, and when I got a UK (220V) AC adapter it worked perfectly fine.
I don't know if this helps clearing it up, but here's the US extra adapter page:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=310-8537&mfgpid=167758
and this is the UK adapter page:
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=450-11331
If only DELL UK gave me the voltage number, and it was 19.5V, then this would be solved.
Another thing is, the US version has a 3 Prong plug included. Is that the Israeli 3 prong or the UK 3 prong?
Ok. What I meant by "they exchange the AC adapter for different-voltage markets" was that the product is (likely) the same, apart from the adapter, whereever you buy it. (Not that they customize your order based on what address you give them.)
That is, Dell US sells US adapters, Dell UK sells UK adapters, but the computer itself could be the same.
But you don't have to take anonymous Internet advice when you could just call support and say "my cousin is bringing a such-and-such laptop from the US, please tell me what adapter we need".
As for the three-prong plug... I strongly suspect it would be a US plug, and nothing else. Electricity behaves the same way there, after all, so it should come as no surprise they have earth leads too.
Ah, okay.
Thanks for your help!
No need to use tripcodes here. We're all friends
Haha.
I can't really be bothered to call dell, but I asked Nintendo of Europe whether I can use a UK or European plug. They said yes, because the input was the same.
So I guess that I can use a normal power plug adapter to use the US power cable. Or I can get a UK cable and it would still work, because I strongly suspect that both US and UK versions of the XPS M2010 take 19.5V and both UK and US cables give the same voltage, as it converts it to 19.5V in the middle. I think that was what Anon meant...
So this is pretty much cleared up? I don't need a stepdown converter, just a normal one.
f I were you, I'd get the UK power adapter. For warranty reasons, if nothing else.
Yeah, but I looked at various Laptop AC adapters that belonged to my relatives and they all, more or less, said 100-220V input.