Wall outlets in Italy will fit device plugs with two or three round pins. Plugs that have the three round pins tend to stay in the wall better and they are grounded. The fact that it is grounded adds an additional level of safety, which helps prevent high voltages of electricity ruining your devices. Also, if you use two pinned adapters in Italy they are more prone to falling out of the outlets!
View on Amazon. As a Western European country, and a member of the EU, Italy counts on a highly reliable electricity infrastructure —with extremely rare exceptions. In fact, the only times you may experience a power outage is in the rare case you stay in an area where new electrical infrastructure is being constructed.
However, because electricity is generally more expensive in Europe, Italian hotels tend to have fewer outlets per room. If you are sharing a room and charging multiple devices, plan ahead to take turns using the outlets, and charge your devices overnight.
Perhaps ten years ago, one would need a voltage converter even for your laptop. However, most devices these days support dual voltage, thus making a voltage converter unnecessary in most cases.
Most laptops, cameras, mobile phones, and tablets, for example, support dual voltage and you would likely only need a power adapter. The best way to be sure if your device supports dual voltage is to check the fine print on your power cord.
Below you find pictures of the applied power sockets and corresponding plugs. And we provide more information about the voltage and frequency. In Italy the power plugs and sockets are of type F and L. The standard voltage is V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz. Check out the following pictures. We don't sell power plug adapters. We refer you to Amazon, where you will find a great selection of travel adapters. Not the "britain" one. Just a note that adapters will not always work for high energy consuming objects like hair dryers, flat irons, etc.
In those cases, you are best off to buy an Italian hair dryer while you're there or off ebay and you can sell it once you get home.
In case you have an iPhone I had taken all kinds of adaptors and voltage converters The only thing that ever worked was the one for use in a car. Next trip, I will have the special kit. Happy Trails! Suzanne, on Maui. Mary, To begin with, it's important to determine whether you'll need only Plug Adapters, or Voltage Converters as well. For travel in Italy, use this Plug Adapter: www. The ratings can be found on each appliance, or on the Charger for smaller devices.
Happy travels! The plug adapters shown in the photo are probably all you need to convert the US rectangular pronged plug to the round prong Italian power plug used in most Italian homes and hotels. This adapter is ungrounded, which is why it doesn't have a third, center prong. This is fine for devices which are insulated having a plastic body, for instance. Some adapters of this type have a USB port, meaning you can use them to charge a cell phone or digital camera via USB.
Plug adapters are the interfaces between the American flat-pronged plug and Italy's two or three round-prong socket. These allow you to plug your electrical device into the Italian wall socket, but they do not convert the electricity to the American volts. If your appliance is designed to run only on volts, you are likely to see smoke, if not fire, from this potent miss-mating.
You will need a step-down power converter or transformer to safely step the voltage down from to More on this later. You can get along with just a plug converter for many of today's small electrical devices designed to run on dual voltages. Devices like this include most laptops and phones, most recently produced battery chargers, and many small, electrical gadgets, especially those designed for world travel.
You can check the back of the device or the "power brick" for the electrical input specifications. You may see adapters with three prongs in a row, but only buy a 2-prong adapter.
That's because some, but definitely not all, Italian outlets have three holes—just don't risk it and stick with a 2-prong adapter. You may also see round outlets with two or three holes—in most cases, your 2-prong adapter will work fine in these.
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