INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES

More information about electrical needs for travel to the following countries:

Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guam, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Micronesia, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Palau, Puerto Rico, Saba and Saba (St.Eustatius), Taiwan, Trinidad, Tobago, Turks/Caicos Islands, United States of America, Venezuela, and Virgin Islands.

The outlets in most of the countries in the list above are very similar to the outlets in U.S. however, these countries do not have as many grounded (3 pin) and polarized (one flat pin bigger than the other) outlets. The countries in this list may require these plug adapters WA-5 and #3 for that reason. The #3 plug adapter will convert an ungrounded (2 pin) polarized (one pin larger than the other) plug to an ungrounded non-polarized plug allowing its use in these countries. We must warn that we do not recommend this procedure but we know you may need to do this while taking all necessary precautions to protect yourself (most importantly) and your appliance. If in doubt about these precautions, you will want to contact a professional source as we are not qualified to advise you. To avoid any confusion, it is best to contact your destination to find out if you are going to have problems with your appliances. You may not need any of these adapters but if they do recommend adapters, these would be the ones you want.

Example 1: If you are going from the United States (or any other country on the list above) to Mexico (which is on the list above), you might need these adapters for the reasons given in the previous paragraph (in green font).

Example 2: If you are going from the United Kingdom (or any other country not on the list above) you will definitely need these adapters.

Bottom line: if your country is on the list above you may not need any of these adapters when going to another country that is on the same list but refer to the first paragraph (in green font) for explanation.