When we moved to Oslo, we had a variety of electrical items and adaptors, but there are different considerations of voltage, wattage, and amperage (or something like that) and it was really hard to predict what would work. We tried to plug in our big speaker system and blew a fuse, then tried again with a different adaptor and saw a big green flash inside the subwoofer. Needeless to say, that was a bad sign. It was under warranty, and I guess random electrical experimentation was covered by the warranty, so they sent us a whole new set of speakers. We took all the stuff out of the inside of the old subwoofer and modified it for the children to use: They use some cords to plug in the back, and there is a switch to toggle also. There is a nice hole in one side to stick things in (children love sticking stuff in other stuff) and a big hole in the bottom to get everything out. C totally loved the “Plug Box” and Ruby has started to use it this week, too. She works very hard at it.

Katy(posted on Mar 12, 2006 at 1:07 pm)

voltage, wattage, and amperage (or something like that)

And frequency; it’s 50Hz here and 60Hz in the states.

I guess random electrical experimentation was covered by the warranty

It wasn’t random! It was very careful and scientific, I can assure you. That green flash is what we scientists call “experimental error”.

Chris(posted on Mar 13, 2006 at 12:24 pm)

So, what is that strange blue thing on top of the plug box, you ask? The plug box is actually upside down, and C is standing in the hole in the bottom.

Katy(posted on Mar 12, 2006 at 1:17 pm)