Hello - am just wondering about moving stuff over from the UK - will our electricals work out there - dvd, tv. fridge etc etc - or do we need converter plugs or something?
Thanks
Have some patience and change the plugs on new items to 3-pin plugs. I hate the adapters here, as previously mentioned the quality is rubbish and they can melt.
Plug sockets here are all 3-pin UK style. However, you might want to bring a stock of 3-pin to 2-pin adaptors with you because anything you by out here will be 2-pin, and the adapters you buy here are very low quality and I've seen many catch fire or melt.
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with tallg when he says that some locally bought adaptors catch fire.
If ever you can smell fish...check the locally bought adaptors.
The same applies to the 3-pin plugs you buy here as the adapters - they are cheap and prone to catching fire. Best to bring your own from the UK.
Have some patience and change the plugs on new items to 3-pin plugs. I hate the adapters here, as previously mentioned the quality is rubbish and they can melt.
I expect plug sockets are 3-pin cos Qatar used to be protected by the British. Just a guess.
Appliances are 2-pin cos they come from Asia I think.
It's juts one of many wonderful things that defies logic here in Qatar.
You'll need adapters that plug into the 3-pin wall socket and take a 2-pin plug.
so if all the plus sockets are 3 pin why are the products 2 pin? So do you mean I need a 2 pin to 3 pin adaptor? I am confused...sorry!
Plug sockets here are all 3-pin UK style. However, you might want to bring a stock of 3-pin to 2-pin adaptors with you because anything you by out here will be 2-pin, and the adapters you buy here are very low quality and I've seen many catch fire or melt.
3 pin plugs will work in Qatar no problem as the sockets are the same (they were the last time I was there in 2004)
TV am not sure as we bought ours in Qatar.
We bought a DVD player in Qatar and it worked fine in the UK with UK bought DVDs but again they are cheap enough to buy in Qatar.
Just bring your stuff, it will work either within the 'European' sockets or you get adadpters.
you just buy them here.