phetphet Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Looking to buy some universal socket power strips that can take U.K. type plugs. I did buy some from HomePro a few years ago with the 3-round pin plug on cable to fit Thai wall socket, but they don’t seem to stock them anymore. Can’t see them on Lazada either. They all seem to sell the ones that take US plugs, which don’t take the U.K. one. See photos. Does anyone know where I might buy them please? Sorry if placement of photos is odd. Am writing this on my phone. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 The universal sockets that except UK plugs are extremely hard to find now in any physical shop Thai regulations changed not legal any more AFAIK may still be some online at Lazada and Shopee but you run the risk of getting rubbish with whisker thin wire and 3 pin plug with an earth pin but no earth connected etc etc 😧 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Plenty on Lazada. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 As of 3 years ago they are illegal so I was told leaving only Lazada for the quality potluck replacements 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 I'm not a great lover of the "universal" outlets anyway. The interesting shape of the contacts combined with the "monkey-metal" they're often made from ensures that, particularly after UK plug has been used, the contact can be somewhat iffy. If you really need to use UK plugs order a pukka 13A one from Malaysia or Singapore, or do as we did, and get the family to bring one with them, stick a Thai plug on it and you're gold. Using an actual UK strip also mitigates any polarity issues. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patman30 Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 i got a load of these in my office 230 baht each 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 (edited) I bought these on Lazada & have re-orded them twice....Good sockets & are built much better than I could find locally....Soon, they will be the only ones in our house..... Finding really good power strips is a shakey treasure hunt in the stores..... Edited June 13 by pgrahmm Spell check sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 32 minutes ago, pgrahmm said: I bought these on Lazada & have re-orded them twice....Good sockets & are built much better than I could find locally....Soon, they will be the only ones in our house..... Finding really good power strips is a shakey treasure hunt in the stores..... Be careful........I was given one similar to this and when I opened it up to check the internal connections, I found it was a complete mess and the supposed "earth" wire wasn't connected to all of the "pins" and the neutral and live wires were connected to different points. For 159 baht, you get what you pay for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 (edited) 1 hour ago, xylophone said: Be careful........I was given one similar to this and when I opened it up to check the internal connections, I found it was a complete mess and the supposed "earth" wire wasn't connected to all of the "pins" and the neutral and live wires were connected to different points. For 159 baht, you get what you pay for. Noted, I have inspected & found these to be much better made than others I've paid more than 4x's as much for in local stores.... Thanks Edited June 13 by pgrahmm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 2 hours ago, pgrahmm said: I bought these on Lazada & have re-orded them twice....Good sockets Yeah but they don't accept UK /universal plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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