I have bought my Mac Air in a Dutch online Apple Store to get a querty key board (i.s.o. azerty)
The power plug that came with it does not fit in my Belgium socket. The earth pin is to fat.
Is this a known problem or do I have an incompatible socket (ticino)?
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.1), Adapter
arcovan wrote:
I have bought my Mac Air in a Dutch online Apple Store to get a querty key board (i.s.o. azerty)
The power plug that came with it does not fit in my Belgium socket. The earth pin is to fat.
Is this a known problem or do I have an incompatible socket (ticino)?
You'll need to buy an adaptor, each country has it's own connector specifications
Strange enough all my other Apple products bought through NL site do not have this problem. There does not exist an adapter DUTCH>Belgian
They are different plugs (see above) and although you have got used to using the Netherlands Type C (because it can be jammed in the connector) it is prohibited, the plug you need is a type E
In the Netherlands the CEE-7/4-Schuko-System is used for sockets
In Belgium the CEE 7/7 compatible "french" system is used for sockets
For that you only need to change the small removable plug on the magsafe.
As you can see, the plug is removabe from the magsave to plug in a different one or a extention cable.
So just went to the nearest belgian Apple Store or Apple Retail shop like SWITCH and by a new plug for your magsafe.
Hope that helps.
Lupunus
Edit: If your lokation is near the german border, go to Gravis in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) They should have the parts.
Message was edited by: lupunus
At the end of the day you are right but still something strange has happened with apple plugs. I am not using type C/ I have added an example of two plugs both shipped by Apple for Dutch products. The right one fits the left one has a hole that is slightly to tight and this hole is not used in Dutch sockets.
The right one is a multipurpose plug for western Europe covering Skandinavia, Germany, Netherlands, France and so on.
It's called a "CEE 7/7 hybrid Schuko/French" plug and will be the standart that Apple delivers e.g. in Germany.
With the MagSafe, Apple deliver in Germany a "Euro Plug" (only two contacts flat) directly attached to the MagSafe and a extension cord with a CEE 7/7 hybrid Schuko/French plug on one end.
You shoud return the one you have and ask for a standart Euro one.
Cheers - Lupunus
Does anyone know about problems with Dutch power plug not fitting Belgium sockets?
