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john downie2 wrote:
> my brother wishes wishes to take an Acer Aspire One mini-notebook to japan,
> from London, u.k. .
> 
> He already has in his house a lead with a japanese type mains plug on one
> end and the normal type two pin femail type plug (the same as often goes
> into radios, etc) that will go into the computer transformer.
> 
> But we see that the Aspire One has an additional *third* hole alongside the
> usual two hole plug that goes into the computer transformer. The three holes
> forming a triangle shape.
> 
> Is it alright to use our existing two hole Japanese type lead and then only
> use *two* out of the three pins coming from the aspire transformer, please?
> 
> My guess is that the third hole is only an *earth* connection. although this
> might be an additional safety feature, our main concern is whether it might
> do any damage to use the two pin only lead?
> 
> I have emailed the technical services department and the spares department,
> but neither will answer the question, only want to sell me one of their
> three hole leads. Thanks for your advice.
> 
> 
> 
yes, the 3rd hole is a ground, but while the voltage in Japan is 
similiar to North America (despite Japan only having 2 leads), i dont 
know what the voltage is in the UK.
Japan runs 110v. on a 60a circuit, whereas Canada does 120.