re: Prague/Budapest/Vienna

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Please enlighten me on this outlet converter.

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We went to Europe (Poland) for the first time this summer. We thought we had bought the correct converter before we went. We bought a kit that had wall plugs for several different configurations.

But Poland, and I was told perhaps other former eastern block countries, uses a socket that also required an adapter for the converter. In addition to holes for the two round prongs to go into, there is a small rod coming out of the wall.

So we had to buy the white adapter with the notch in it; to fit over the small rod coming out of the wall socket.
The prongs on the tan converter fit into holes on the other side of the white adapter.
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There are flat (American style) holes on the tan converter. My wife's curling iron still burned up despite the converter.
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