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Please be aware that whilst a travel adaptor will allow you to physically plug a UK 3 pin plug into a different socket it will not change the voltage or frequency of the supply. Voltage - The mains voltage in Italy is 230 V which is compatible with all UK appliances (UK voltage is currently specified as 230 V +10% / - 6%). Frequency - The frequency in Italy is 50 Hz which is the same as the UK.
Mar 09, 2013, 12:02 PM. Switzerland certainly doesn't have the same kinds of plugs that other European countries have... our prongs are a bit thinner and we also have 3-prong plugs which are sort of hexagonal and are the ones that fit into the recesed outlets that KM mentions. These are 15amp plugs and are called, in French anyway, prises menagÃ¨res...