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2 prong asian style plug to 2 prong UK style plug

Hi, I bought a digital camera in Singapore recently and upon returning to the UK I noticed that it had an Asian style 2 prong plug. Rather naively, I snipped the plug off hoping I could just connect the wires to a 3 prong UK plug. But I found the cables were not normal eclectic cables and were more like shielded RCA leads.

Of course, I've now snipped the plug off, so a converter is out of the question. Have I got any alternatives other than paying a fortune to the manufacturer for a replacement UK plug and lead?

Cheers,

Steve

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Steve
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The 'plug' you snipped off may well have been the whole power supply...!

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Mike Harrison

join the plug back on?

it seems strange that RCA style leads would be used used for mains power is there a transformer inside the blug body?

if your camera still works take some photos of the damaged parts and pos them in alt.binaries.electronics.schematics

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Bye.
   Jasen
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Jasen Betts

Thanks everyone for all your answers. I eventually purchased a universal charger from Jessops for £10.

Thanks aga>> Hi,

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Steve

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