3 pin kettle plug help.

So, in short.

The xbox one (no kinect) is on the german amazon for £232 (found through hotdeals)

Now i'm going to assume this would come with a 2 pin European plug, my question is this...

1. Would i be able to just buy a UK 3 pin kettle plug and use it instead?

2. Will there be a problem with the fuses?

3. Are European xbox's not designed to work with a 3pin UK plug?

In advance of any help I receive, many thanks

klayton

:)

 

Xbox One power cord?

It's a 2 pin connection, unlike a standard PC "kettle lead" which is 3 pin.

 

Very Disappointed!

iim pretty sure a kettle plug will fit the brick.. try it

 

Just get a European 2 pin to UK 3 pin adapter dude.

 

Like an electric shaver adapter.

 

Technically it should be fine as the xbox power supply is a switching type, if you do buy a cable make sure it is rated with a 5 amp fuse.

 

As others have said either just buy an adapter (A shaver one will work, or buy a german extension lead from same german amazon site and pout a UK plug on that), or cut the 2 pin end off the cord and just add a UK plug.

As an ex UK Army member who worked in Germany for many years, there is no issues with using UK plugs to power German electronics. We often did the reverse. Kept all our UK electrics like TVs etc with UK plugs, but used a UK extension lead fitted with a
German plug

 

If i buy a 2 pin 3 pin adapter, will i need to change the fuse in the plug?

Just don't want to fry it before i even get to play it!

Thanks