Guz1

I use the standard 2 pin adaptors for electrical appliances that I bring to Turkey and so far haven't had any problems with small appliances such as hairdryers. On my last visit, however, I brought a hoover and after a while it stopped working and when I pulled out the plug sparks came out of the socket. At first I thought there was something wrong with either the hoover or the socket but turned out that the adaptor was kaput. Worked fine afterwards with a different adaptor, but I noticed a warning on the adaptor (bought in shop at airport) that it should not be used with appliances above a certain voltage. I have two questions about this:

1. Is there a standard limit on the voltage for 2 pin adaptors?

2. Kipa sell the same model of hoover, so the voltage must be ok for Turkey. Is it possible and safe to have the plug on my hoover changed to a Turkish 2 pin plug and, if so, is it a very complicated job?


Also, one of the light switches in our house in Turkey doesn't work so I will have to have an electrician fix it on my next visit. Can anyone give me a rough idea of how much this should cost.

Would be grateful for advice.

steve & sue

I changed all my English plugs to Turkish, even my laptop & no problems!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guz1

Thank you, Steve & Sue. I'm nervous just changing a lightbulb, so will probably get the Turkish electrician to do it when he's fixing the light switch. Would it be safe to assume that he would be familiar with the procedure?

pebble

Maria, when I brought over electricals from the states, I had to get a transformer, which is great, but the inlet for the transformer is the round two pronged plug ins we use in turkey, but all my stuff had the american flat two/three pronged thinggies. The electrician that I bought the transformer from changed them all to the two round pronged ones. Another thing I had done, at the electricians urging....and i thought this was oh so clever......I had brought a bunch of christmas lights and what not when I moved, in the US we use 110, here we use 220, no problem said the electrician, he just hooked two together and made them 220......was that clever or what???

Most electricians will change the prongs for free if you have other work done, (well they have for me...I'm sure they will for you too....)

I recently had some under the cupboard lights installed in my kitchen, three of them to be exact, there was no wiring for them, nothing at all.....he charged me 20 lira. which i thought was a dammed good deal. When I moved in to my house and when i was having work done for some foreigners, the electrician I used must have ripped me off big time, he charged me 30 lira to install each chandelier/overhead light...... You can imagine how much that ended up costing me for a house with 3 bedrooms......

it's just easier to have the plugs changed on all things rather than use the adapter.

Guz1

Sorry for asking what seems now to have been a silly question about the plugs. I'm just terrified of anything to do with electricity. I assumed that a three prong plug would have three wires to match up with them and there would have to be one wire left over with a two prong plug. Some of my family are on holiday in the house now so I might just send them a text telling them to get some Turkish plugs in Koc Tas and change them for me.

Pebble, our American relatives have had electrical appliances ruined here by our higher voltage. Good tip for the lights, but wouldn't want to try it on a hair straightener. Thank you for the info about charges....gives me an idea of what to expect.