Thanks Andrew, certainly sounds like the base has developed since we where there last. Did you happen to see if the ford dealer had any 2nd hand cars?
Thanks for the tips. Its certainly going to to be interesting getting back into the swing of things out there. We masnaged when we where there last in2004 so I imagine things should 've improved. Nice to know we should be able to get halibut (we're not really cod eaters), should help ease the homesickness!
I'll have to check this out and see when they intend to install that, taking into account philippine time!! Would be nice to get broadband though
Excellent advice Howerd. Something I'd not really thought about was the Hz. We get the same problem onbaord ships with freq differences. I'll be sure to check all the appliances etc that I intend to take.
Printers don't usually have external blocks but they still work worldwide. Same with TVs - which can also be switched between NTSC/PAL via the remote control.
I am only on my fourth printer in 30 years! Epson dot matrix (£460) Star dot matrix (£230) Minolta Laser (£150) and now HP inkjet (£55). All have internal transformers. With external transformers (external 'blocks') or easily replaceable transformers (eg desktop PCs) most equipment should have worldwide compatibility. Any phone with a USB charging port can be charged worldwide, though not necessarily be used as a phone of course!. Tablets with USB ports would be worldwide compatible as well. Electric toothbrushes, shavers and many other small electrical products can usually be used worldwide by just changing a plug. I am sure cameras can too - but you will know better than me on that one! Even if any in-built mains transformer is not suitable and not easily replaced, there may be a DC input input to which you can connect an external transformer and/or the device may be able to take batteries.
I've had more printers than I could count over the last 25 years and computers, at one point in the late 90's I was running two Windows servers and a couple of Novell servers in my office upstairs along with a couple of desktop machines and a laptop, thank god I can do most of that virtually on just a couple of machines now I can confirm that normal UK computer power supplies (the big cube transformer things with fans that fit in micro, mini and tower cases) work fine over there, I have taken two lots of computers, disks, ram and motherboards over there and built two machines over the years. I introduced Ana to Oral B electric toothbrushes years ago they work fine over there however they do die faster over there than they do here, mostly for mechanical reasons like the micro-switch getting damaged maybe the heat and humidity affects them somehow? Camera's well every camera transformer I have ever tried worked perfectly over there, honestly the only thing that ever failed for me was a digital clock radio, it just could not keep time, it was funny watching it as it was really obviously upset
