Voltage Question

the clerk was right,no problem on 220 in China

Hi,

This adapter might come in handy.

Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

"The AC plugs included in the World Travel Adapter Kit directly support outlets in North America, Japan, China, United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Korea, Australia, and Hong Kong."















Carolyn 🙂

To clarify the units: the Apple charger will accept 100-240 volts at 50-60 Hertz (formerly cycles per second) frequency. That range covers virtually all alternating current systems in use today.

The charger delivers 5 volts DC and 10 watts of power.

The iPhone charger and iPod charger deliver 5 watts of power.

All you need to have is a plug converter, as Carolyn suggested in the Apple travel kit. Or you can usually buy a plug converter for the country you are visiting, often in their airport.

- I think you are a little confused. There is not commercial power that is 220 cycles. The USA and some other countries uses 60 cycles per second) and other use 50 cycles (per second). I think yu meant 220 volts AC.
- Your statement 100-240 watts is also wrong (as you suggested.l It should be 100-240 volts AC (VAC)

kckeed wrote:
I will be visiting China soon and I'm wondering if I will need a power adapter. They run on a 220 cycle. An electronic clerk said that Apple products do not need one because they are made to run on 100-240 watts or whatever that number stands for. I'm not that trusting and want to find out for sure so I don't fry my iphone or ipad. I cannot find any information in the product guide.

Please advise.