myTobago – your questions, review and comment about Tobago

I am off to Castara on June 10th and I am worried that I won't be able to recharge the batteries for my digital camera. Has anyone else had this problem or can I relax. I would hate to think that I couldn't take many photographs.

Hi Terry

Fear not! Just make sure that you take a standard three-pin to two-pin-flat electricity plug adapter. You'll need this for any other electical appliances you take. See our Electricity page for further information.

Hi Terry,
as Steve said it should not be a problem. If you check most you find most chargers are duel voltage any way so 110v will not be a problem.
I don't know why but it does seem to take longer to recharge at 110v.

Regards
Kevin

I unfortunately couldn't change the voltage on my charger so therefor couldn't charge the batteries. The camera died after 4 days of very conservative use

Also Cheryl never managed to totally dry her hair because the hair dryer was not even 10% as powerfull as it is at home.

Hi Joe

I’m really surprised that you have a problem. I thought that all these rechargeable batteries ran at around 8v and certainly not more than 12v, so the chargers are international and normally always adjust automatically to the local power supply. Check the charger unit that plugs into the wall socket. Somewhere in the small blurb on the charger it will say something like “Input: 100-240V ~ 50/60Hz”. If so, you can basically charge this on any main electricity system, anywhere in the world – provided you have the correct plug adapter of course.

Yes, if you run a 240v UK hairdryer on the 110v current in Tobago, it will run at well below normal heat. It won’t do it any harm though.

Hi Joe,
If your after a hairdryer for holidays I suggest you try the airport duty free my wife picked a nice compact duel voltage one that worked fine out in Tobago.
Much better the puppy breathing down your neck effect that you get off a 240v running on 110v supply.

Regards
Kevin

I just checked the charger and it is 200-240v... silly me, sure it was never going to work on a 110v supply

Joe

My camera uses AA batteries and when I bought the rechargable batteries and charger for it I made sure to ask for the international version. It was more expensive than the "single voltage" equivalent but can be used world-wide on any voltage supply.

If your camera takes a proprietary battery that charges in-camera then you'll need to do as Joe did above and check the input voltage range that the charger will work across.

If the worse comes to the worse I'm sure if you asked around you'd find someone somewhere nearby with a 240v 3-pin plug socket. I think most of the hotels have them which they power from their own generators. At the RTB there were both 3-pin 240v sockets and 2-pin 110v sockets in our room.

Dave

Thanks for all the replies. This Web Site is amazing.

Terry Warner