Can I plug an adapter into a power strip when going from UK to Europe (Spain)?

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I've done this all over the world without incident. Just make sure your devices are ok with the voltage coming from the wall, and that you're not throwing away grounding protection by using a two prong adapter instead of one with a grounding strip.

To check voltages, I use Wikipedia. In your case Spain and the UK are on the same voltage, so that's not an issue.

This kind of adapter for Spain:

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is not grounded. If you use this to plug in the power strip, the devices won't have grounding (earthing) protection.

This kind of adapter for Spain:

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is grounded (though you need a different face on it for a UK plug instead of a US one.) These larger ones are better for plugging in a power strip.

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If everything you want to charge is USB compatible you can use something like this http://www.amazon.com/Photive-Desktop-Charger-Intelligent-Technology/dp/B00LMIA9L4/ref=pd_sim_cps_5?ie=UTF8

Recently did a Eurotrip with the family in various countries and it charged 3 phones, 2 IPads and a Kindle Fire nicely. You only need to bring one outlet adapter for each different style (UK, Western Europe, US).

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You won't have any problem: voltage is the same and if you're only planning to plug chargers they require very little power so no issue there either

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Avoid doing this and you will be safe :)

  1. Voltage won't be a problem. Still remember to check if travelling for other countries outside Europe.
  2. a few mobile and laptop chargers should not be a problem connected on the same power strip. Still, if you're planning to hook more devices be carefull with the itensity (and this is where you can screw up with too many devices connected). If you daisy chain too many power strips and hook up devices you might use too much power from the socket and, if everything goes as expected, the fuse/security switch will turn power off. This is equivalent to when you use a power tool that consumes too much energy. In this case you will be using many devices using litle energy... but all summed will triger the security switch on the power board. Of course this depends on how many devices you connect. If you have too many try to ditribute them over more than one power socket (taking adapters for each power strip in each power socket). Remember that even differnt sockets can be on the same power group.

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