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Are car chargers same in UK as in US?

I was wondering if I could just bring over my car-charging kit for my iPod and tablet and plug them into the lighter outlet in our rental car. Thanks for any info you can give!!

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Kathy, Lighter Outlets are the same in the U.K. as here. I've used my GPS Charger there on a number of occasions, and it's worked fine. At one time (more years back than I want to remember), British vehicles used a "positive ground" electrical system. That may have caused problems, but thankfully they decided to change that. Happy travels!

Posted by
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Yup. Don't leave anything valuable in the car.

Posted by
1167 posts

As far as I know all cars in the world use 12V systems so your charger should work anywhere.