How to Keep Your Devices Charged Safely in Thailand?

Thailand is truly an exotic location, but you also need your devices to work smoothly while traveling. And for that, you require the right standard power plug (ปลั๊กไฟ กัน ไฟ กระชาก, which is the term in Thai). Before traveling to Thailand for a trip or business reasons, you should know how to stay plugged in. 

Therefore, when you would be bringing any kind of appliance from the western countries where it is 110-volt current, it might cause you a lot of hassle. Therefore, carrying your universal adaptor or voltage converter would be a grand idea. 

However, mobiles, laptops and other electronics which has a built-in converter, those kinds of devices would not face any hassle. And if you are coming from Europe or Australia, you would have nothing to worry about. Some devices are built in such a way that they would be able to work with different voltages and would provide no hassle. But you should be careful when you are traveling to a different country.

Why Voltage Converter is Necessary?

You could start a fire or worse damage your appliances and it could turn fatal if you by chance use a 110-volt appliance in a 220-volt appliance power adaptor plug (ปลั๊กไฟ มาตรฐาน, term in Thai).

How to Apply a Voltage Converter?

You would find different sizes of a voltage converter in the market and according to what your appliance would be requiring you would purchase appropriately. When you are using a low wattage electronic, you would be requiring a smaller converter. 

You could ask from the store for help and therefore it would be better to use a converter that is there for the device with a higher wattage otherwise getting a converter that would not be strong enough. With standard power plug, a converter which would be rated three times that of your device.

You could as well go for a universal power vent adaptor and also a voltage converter. Power outlets in Thailand would work with both flat prongs and also round prongs. Some plug-ins might not have the third one which is for grounding reasons. 

But most of the advance buildings or the new ones have them. When you are traveling to Thailand, the one thing you should be sure about power adaptor plug would be to convert voltage so that you can protect your devices and technology from getting damaged.