Help with voltage USA>Scotland

Posted by rictusette on 04/27/26 11:54 PM

Hi everyone! I've found great info on here so far, so thanks for that. Still confused about this next part. I'm from the USA and will be traveling in Scotland. I have severe insomnia so I need my sleep machines. I have reliable Dohm ones I've used for years. Luckily, I found that they make a EU model, so I bought those. I guess this plug is more of a France/Belgium/etc. plug vs. a UK one. I can't seem to post pictures on here, darn. What I have are both UK adapters as well as a converter. The bottom of the Dohm machine says "220-240" volts, so it's not dual voltage. Ostensibly/hypotheically, since both a EU plug and a UK plug both seem to be 230-240 volts, I can use my UK adapter on this Dohm machine EU plug, and be fine, right? No need for my converter in this situation?

I'm just always trying to avoid an electric burn out or fire or whatever the issue would be if I were to do this wrong. But my sleep machines are a necessity so I can't mess with that, and I want to do it correctly. Thanks for everyone's time!

Posted by LIZinPA 🧳

SE Pennsylvania

04/28/26 12:23 AM

3266 posts

Correct.
I have a euro hair appliance that I use in the UK with just a plug adapter.

Posted by rictusette OP

04/28/26 12:35 AM

2 posts

Excellent to hear, thank you! Appreciate the quick reply as well.

Posted by Carrie

Chicago

04/28/26 01:52 AM

4293 posts

Just making sure that you know you’ll need an EU to UK adapter. Like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZQB3WCV?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2

If you have a US to UK adapter, that will not work.

Posted by Lee

Lakewood, Colorado

04/28/26 02:12 AM

19634 posts

Specs look a little bit out of date. There was a time when the British Isle was 240V and the continent was 220V, but the EU, when Britain was still in it, settled on a compromise of 230V. So, your EU unit should work.

You say you have a French/Belgium plug, Type E, a grounding plug, not a simple two pin, Type C, plug. These days, most European "Schuko" plugs, Type E/F, have both grounding clips on the side for German Schuko, and a metal socket for a extruding grounding pin in the French receptacles, and will work almost anywhere in Europe except for, possibly, Switzerland or Italy. Get the right grounding UK plug adapter and you should be good to go.

A proper UK adapter should have two metal conducting prongs, AND a longer metal (that's important) grounding prong to provide a grounding means and open the shutters on a UK receptacle.

@Carrie, if the OP's plug is really only a French Schuko, Type E plug, the adapter you show, which has only side clips, would not work with it.

Posted by Frank II

Freedonia

04/28/26 06:59 AM

18847 posts

What you need is an EU to UK adapter. If you can't find one before you leave, there will be plenty of places in Scotland to buy one. Even at the airport. Every gift shop, every pharrmacy, every supermarket will have them.

You will not need a converter.

The device calls it an EU plug, not a French/Belgium one. All UK plugs have three prongs which includes a grounding one. (Look at your device, it if has two round prongs you'll be fine. That's the standard EU plug.)

Don't worry about all the complicated talk, just buy yourself an EU to UK adapter.