will 220v fry my laptop?!!!?

[Ajcrash]

Originally Posted by DoctorDawg

Nope, don't bring a surge suppressor along...instead, buy one when you get there. The kind you plug directly into the wall, and then plug a device into it, when bought in the U.S. is typically able to handle ONLY 120 V. Lemme tell ya about the first time I plugged one'a them babies into a furrin 220 V outlet...holy crap did it ever explode in a ball of flame! The hotel maid was not amused by the charred mark running all the way up the wall, and I kinda missed my eyebrows for a while...

As others have already said, most laptop chargers nowadays are rated for 100 - 240 V; you'll be fine if yours is. But the surge suppressor is a completely different story.

You're right I had a brain fart on the whole foreign outlets part.

[nightraider]

Originally Posted by DoctorDawg

Nope, don't bring a surge suppressor along...instead, buy one when you get there. The kind you plug directly into the wall, and then plug a device into it, when bought in the U.S. is typically able to handle ONLY 120 V. Lemme tell ya about the first time I plugged one'a them babies into a furrin 220 V outlet...holy crap did it ever explode in a ball of flame! The hotel maid was not amused by the charred mark running all the way up the wall, and I kinda missed my eyebrows for a while...

As others have already said, most laptop chargers nowadays are rated for 100 - 240 V; you'll be fine if yours is. But the surge suppressor is a completely different story.

Shouldn't the fuse have blown?

[DoctorDawg]

Originally Posted by nightraider

Shouldn't the fuse have blown?

That's a fair question, but I don't know. Maybe it was a cheap suppressor and didn't have a fuse? Maybe the ball of flame was the fuse blowing with spectacular effect? Dunno. All I know is, you couldn't pay me enough to plug another U.S. suppressor into a British outlet....