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  Foreign Voltage Guide
This foreign voltage guide is reprinted here with permission of Franzus Company LLC, makers of Travel Smart travel products.  Following is a complete and up-to-date (as of 12/99) guide on voltages in foreign countries.  In general, all references to 110V apply to the range from 100V to 160V.  References to 220V apply to the range from 200V to 260V.  Where 110V/220V is indicated, voltage varies within the country, depending on the location.  Also, adapter plugs may vary within the country.

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COUNTRY …………...

VOLTAGE …………

UNGROUNDED/ GROUNDED PLUG …………………

Afghanistan

220V

B, E

Algeria

110/220V

A, B, D, E

Angola

220V

B, E

Antigua

220V

A, D, E

*Argentina

220V

B, C, E

Aruba

110V

A, B, E

Australia

220V

C

Austria

220V

B, E

Azores

110/220V

A, B, E

Bahamas

110V

A

Bahrain

220V

D, E

Bangladesh

220V

B, E

Barbados

110V

A

Belguim

110V/220V

A, B, E

Belize

110/220V

A

Bermuda

110V

A

Bolivia

110/220V

A, B, E

Bosnia

220V

B, E

Botswana

220V

D, E

*Brazil

110/220V

A, B, D, E

Bulgaria

220V

B, E

Burma

220V

D, E

Burundi

220V

B, E

Cameroon

110/220V

A, B, E

Canada

110V

A

Cen. Africa Rep.

220V

B, E

 

 

COUNTRY …………...

VOLTAGE …………

UNGROUNDED/ GROUNDED PLUG …………………

Chad

220V

B, E

Chile

220V

B, E

China

220V

B, C, E

Columbia

110V

A, B, C

Costa Rica

1100V

A

Cuba

110V

A, B, E

Cyprus

220V

B, D, E

Czechoslovakia

220V

B, E

Denmark

220V

B, E

Dominican Rep.

110V

A

Ecuador

110V

A, B, E

Egypt

220V

B, E, G

El Salvador

110V

A

Ethiopia

220V

B, E

Fiji

220V

C

Finland

220V

B, E

France

220V

B, E

French Guiana

220V

B, E

Gambia

220V

D, E

Germany

220V

B, E

Ghana

220V

B, D, E

Gibraltar

220V

B, D, E

Great Britain

220V

B, D, E, I

Greece

220V

B, E

Greenland

220V

B, E

Granada

220V

B, D, E

Guatemala

110V

A

Guinea

220V

B, E

Guyana

110V

A, B, D, E

Haiti

110V

A

Honduras

110V

A

Hong Kong

220V

D, E, I

Hungary

220V

B, E

 

 

 

COUNTRY …………...

VOLTAGE …………

UNGROUNDED/ GROUNDED PLUG …………………

Iceland

220V

B, E

*India

220V

B, D, E, I

Indonesia

110/220V

A, B, E

Iran

220V

B, E

Iraq

220V

B, D, E

Ireland

220V

B, D, E

Israel

220V

B, G

Italy

110/220V

B, F

Ivory Coast

220V

B

Jamaica

110V

A

Japan

100V

A

Jordan

220V

B, D, E

Kenya

220V

B, D, E

Korea

110/220V

A, B

Kuwait

220V

B, D, E

Laos

220V

A, B, E

Lebanon

110/220V

B, E

Liberia

110V

A, D

Libya

110/220V

B, E

Luxembourg

110/220V

B, E

Macao

220V

B, E

*Madeira

220V

B, E

Majorca

110/220V

B, E

Malawi

220V

D

Malaysia

220V

D

Malta

220V

D, E

Martinique

220V

B, E

Mexico

110V

A

Nepal

220V

B, E

Netherlands

220V

B, E

Neth. Antilles

110/220V

A, B, D, E

New Caledonia

220V

B, E

New Zealand

220V

C

COUNTRY …………...

VOLTAGE …………

UNGROUNDED/ GROUNDED PLUG …………………

Nicaragua

110V

A

Niger

220V

B, E

Nigeria

220V

D, E

Norway

220V

B, E

Okinawa

110V

A

Oman

220V

D, E

Pakistan

220V

B, E

Panama

110V

A

Paraguay

220V

B, E

Peru

110/220V

A, B

Philippines

110/220V

A, B, E

Poland

220V

B, E

Portugal

110/220V

B, E

Puerto Rico

110V

A

Qatar

220V

D, E

Romania

220V

B, E

Russian Federation

220V

B, E

St. Lucia

220V

D, E

St. Marten

110/220V

A, B, D, E

St. Vincent

220V

D, E

Saudi Arabia

110/220V

A, B, C, D, E

Scotland

220V

D, E

Senegal

110V

B

Seychelles

220V

D, E

Singapore

220V

B, D, E, I

* South Africa

220V

B, D, E, H

Spain

110/220V

A, B, E

Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

220V

E

Sudan

220V

B, D, E

Surinam

110V

A, B, D, E

Swaziland

220V

B, E

Sweden

220V

B, E

Switzerland

220V

B, E

Syria

220V

B, E

COUNTRY …………...

VOLTAGE …………

UNGROUNDED/ GROUNDED PLUG …………………

Tahiti

110V

A, B, E

Taiwan

110V

A

Tanzania

220V

D, E

Thailand

220V

A, B, E

Trinidad

110/220V

A, B, D, E

Tunisia

110/220V

B, E

Turkey

110/220V

B, E

Turks & Caicos Island

110V

A

Uganda

220V

D, E

Upper Volta

220V

B, E

Uruguay

220V

B, C, D, E

USA

110V

A

U.S. Virgin Islands

110V

A

Venezuela

110V

A

Vietnam

110/220V

A, B, E

Wales

220V

D, E

Yemen (Arden)

220V

A, B, D, E

Yemen Arab. Rep

220V

A, B, D, E

Zaire

220V

B, E

Zambia

220V

B, D, E

Zimbabwe

220V

D, E

 

 

** Countries using Direct Current (DC) in certain areas. Do not use converters with DC.