Will we need electrical adapters, and will our hairdryers and other appliances work in Itally?
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The house has plenty of plug adapters. Plug adapters mean that your American-pronged plug will fit into an Italian electrical outlet in the wall. They do not change or adapt the electric current. Italian current is 240 volts DC, whereas small appliances from the US generally run on 120 or 125 volts AC input. If you simply put a plug adapter on a hairdryer or hair flat iron brought from the US and plug it in, you will most likely short out your appliance ruining it permanently and trip the breakers. Our daughter has done this on more than one occasion.
Each bathroom has a standard blow (hair) dryer, so you do not need to bring a hairdryer unless you need / want to have and use your own.
Check the voltage input requirements on your hair dryer, flat iron, or whatever before bringing it with you. It is usually located somewhere on the plug or the appliance. Mens electric razors usually work with a range of 100 240 volts (but do check first). More sophisticated appliances like laptop computers operate on 120 240 AC/DC, so you only need to use one of our plug adapters. I was unpleasantly surprised (having brought it to use in Italy) that a small scanner I brought from the US operated only on 120 AC.
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