Midnatsol Electric Plugs

Can someone verify that the electric plug requirement for Norway is the
"French" type, two round prongs as shown on
www.travel-images.com/electric-plugs.html ? I'll be taking battery
chargers with me which will accommodate the voltage supplied in Norway,
but need to take the proper plug converter along.

Dan Wenz wrote:
Can someone verify that the electric plug requirement for Norway is the
"French" type, two round prongs as shown on
www.travel-images.com/electric-plugs.html ? I'll be taking battery
chargers with me which will accommodate the voltage supplied in Norway,
but need to take the proper plug converter along.

I should mention that type c is the design I meant - I don't need the
type F "Schuko" plug with ground connectors.

"Dan Wenz" wrote in message
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Can someone verify that the electric plug requirement for Norway is the
"French" type, two round prongs as shown on
www.travel-images.com/electric-plugs.html ? I'll be taking battery
chargers with me which will accommodate the voltage supplied in Norway,
but need to take the proper plug converter along.

I can't answer your question, but am wondering, where are you going in
Norway? We're doing a sailing that goes to the Fjords and up to the North
Cape in July.

I've seen a number of Norway websites (like the one for The Flåm Railway)
were you can contact them via e-mail.... that might be something for you to
try. They might give you the answer to your question.

--Tom

Tom K wrote:


I can't answer your question, but am wondering, where are you going in
Norway? We're doing a sailing that goes to the Fjords and up to the North
Cape in July.

I've seen a number of Norway websites (like the one for The Flåm Railway)
were you can contact them via e-mail.... that might be something for you to
try. They might give you the answer to your question.


Thanks. We're leaving April 29 for a cruise with the Hurtigruten Line on
the Midnatsol up and down the Norwegian coast with a 2-3 day stay in
Bergen. The ship turns around after reaching Kirkenes, for a total
cruise lasting 11 days.

In Dan Wenz
wrote:

Can someone verify that the electric plug requirement for Norway is the
"French" type, two round prongs as shown on
www.travel-images.com/electric-plugs.html ? I'll be taking battery
chargers with me which will accommodate the voltage supplied in Norway,
but need to take the proper plug converter along.


All we ran into were the "Plug Type F" or Schuko connectors.

They're essentially similar except that the sockets are recessed and
things like transformers or bulky adapters which have the two power pins
sticking directly out of their housings won't work because the pins won't
reach the sockets.

The cheap adapters for two-prong US-style (Type A) plugs to the Type C
plugs will reach into the recessed socket but I found that they usually
didn't fit tightly, since the socket expects to receive a large round
plug that provided the mechanical support. You might have to kludge up
some sort of mechanical support to keep the plug in the socket.

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

In Bert Hyman
wrote:

In Dan Wenz
wrote:

Can someone verify that the electric plug requirement for Norway is
the "French" type, two round prongs as shown on
www.travel-images.com/electric-plugs.html ? I'll be taking battery
chargers with me which will accommodate the voltage supplied in
Norway, but need to take the proper plug converter along.


All we ran into were the "Plug Type F" or Schuko connectors.

They're essentially similar except that the sockets are recessed and
things like transformers or bulky adapters which have the two power
pins sticking directly out of their housings won't work because the
pins won't reach the sockets.

The cheap adapters for two-prong US-style (Type A) plugs to the Type C
plugs will reach into the recessed socket but I found that they
usually didn't fit tightly, since the socket expects to receive a
large round plug that provided the mechanical support. You might have
to kludge up some sort of mechanical support to keep the plug in the
socket.


I somehow managed to miss the Midnatsol reference in your Subject:.

My Norway experience (aside from a few days in Bergen) was on the
Trollfjord, the Midnatsol's "sister" ship, on the Bergen-Bergen round
trip in May/June of '07.

Track your boat at http://hurtigruten.com/norway/map/

Webcams on Hurtigruten's boats:
http://www.bt.no/kamera/article239161.ece

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

"Dan Wenz" wrote in message
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Can someone verify that the electric plug requirement for Norway is the
"French" type, two round prongs as shown on
www.travel-images.com/electric-plugs.html ? I'll be taking battery
chargers with me which will accommodate the voltage supplied in Norway,
but need to take the proper plug converter along.


Check out this site. Found it to help a lot.

http://www.walkabouttravelgear.com/c_nor.htm