Do cheap rooms normally have sockets?

mushyosh · Jun 5th, 2004, 16:43

Just wonderuing. THe places that are cheap, like 80 rup a night, do they usually have plug sockets in the room?

sudheer poppa · Jun 5th, 2004, 19:01

I would say a 50:50 chance. Thats is from personal experience. But they normally have a fan and a light.

steven_ber · Jun 5th, 2004, 19:09

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But they normally have a fan and a light.

To turn them on is a story in itself, you normally have to play a little guessing game with the 10 switches in various parts of the room.

cyberhippie · Jun 5th, 2004, 19:26

Most rooms have sockets but by no means all!
If you think this might be a problem get your local "electrician wallah" to run you up a extension cable with socket and a bayonet fitting that you can plug into light sockets works just fine and will only cost you about 40 rupees.
They're not too bulky either. Two strands of 14 amp wire around 2/3 meters, a bayonet fitting and a socket that's as slim as a two pin flat plug.

A handy gadget!!!

mushyosh · Jun 5th, 2004, 19:44

cyberhippie I didnt quite get that.

Does that mean a light socket is different to the standard indian socket and I will need some sort of extension/converter?

I already have a plug that will fit indian sockets, could i just plug that into the light sockets?

cyberhippie · Jun 5th, 2004, 19:56

No no this is just a standbye gadget, 90% of the rooms you'll sleep in will have a ordinary power socket!
The light socket idea is just in case you don't have a power socket.
Via this little gadget you can use a light socket i.e. where you would normally insert the light bulb. To get access to the mains supply!
You can then run your discman etc. Wherever you are.

Bryan · Jun 5th, 2004, 20:16

Yeah really handy gadgets however virtually every room...even the bamboo shacks on some beaches have a power point and virtually every room has a ceiling fan

Whether you'll have power is another thing ...Power cuts are so regular in some places you can set your watch by them
For instance ...varkala had a nightly cut at 8:30pm which meant candle light dinners and the stars at their best so it was no big deal

Where the power cuts get bad are in places like Delhi when its hitting 40c and all the generators kick in to rasie the temp on the street to 63c ...an actual reading on a friend's fancy temp gadget

Make sure you take a torch ...A Petzl head torch is the best advice I can give anyone lol

Merchant · Jun 5th, 2004, 22:19

Very few people in India actually pay for electricity. There's not much to be gained by not installing plugs in the rooms.

Anders · Jun 14th, 2004, 17:00

Cyberhippies gadget can be bought premaid i India. The one I have seen had one bayonett at one end which you plugged in to the light socket in the roof, one socket at the other end where you plugged in the light and 2 regular sockets on the side. You can use the light and plug in your laptop or whatever at the same time.

Jun 5th, 2004, 16:43	#1
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sudheer poppa Senior brick in the wall Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pole Posts: 1,475	I would say a 50:50 chance. Thats is from personal experience. But they normally have a fan and a light. __________________ We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools - MLK Pic Page 1 Pic Page 2 When my life changed over a week

Jun 5th, 2004, 20:16	#7
Bryan Mega Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 638	Yeah really handy gadgets however virtually every room...even the bamboo shacks on some beaches have a power point and virtually every room has a ceiling fan Whether you'll have power is another thing ...Power cuts are so regular in some places you can set your watch by them For instance ...varkala had a nightly cut at 8:30pm which meant candle light dinners and the stars at their best so it was no big deal Where the power cuts get bad are in places like Delhi when its hitting 40c and all the generators kick in to rasie the temp on the street to 63c ...an actual reading on a friend's fancy temp gadget Make sure you take a torch ...A Petzl head torch is the best advice I can give anyone lol __________________ Then let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that), That Sense and Worth o'er a' the earth, Shall bear the gree an a' that. For a' that, an a' that, It's coming yet for a' that, That man to man, the world, o'er Shall brithers be for a' that. - Burns

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cyberhippie Account Closed by User's Request Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,012	Most rooms have sockets but by no means all! If you think this might be a problem get your local "electrician wallah" to run you up a extension cable with socket and a bayonet fitting that you can plug into light sockets works just fine and will only cost you about 40 rupees. They're not too bulky either. Two strands of 14 amp wire around 2/3 meters, a bayonet fitting and a socket that's as slim as a two pin flat plug. A handy gadget!!!

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mushyosh Powered by Psilocybin Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: UK, Bournemouth Posts: 52	cyberhippie I didnt quite get that. Does that mean a light socket is different to the standard indian socket and I will need some sort of extension/converter? I already have a plug that will fit indian sockets, could i just plug that into the light sockets?

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cyberhippie Account Closed by User's Request Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 6,012	No no this is just a standbye gadget, 90% of the rooms you'll sleep in will have a ordinary power socket! The light socket idea is just in case you don't have a power socket. Via this little gadget you can use a light socket i.e. where you would normally insert the light bulb. To get access to the mains supply! You can then run your discman etc. Wherever you are.

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Merchant Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York Posts: 2,096	Very few people in India actually pay for electricity. There's not much to be gained by not installing plugs in the rooms.

Jun 14th, 2004, 17:00	#9
Anders Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: England Posts: 630	Cyberhippies gadget can be bought premaid i India. The one I have seen had one bayonett at one end which you plugged in to the light socket in the roof, one socket at the other end where you plugged in the light and 2 regular sockets on the side. You can use the light and plug in your laptop or whatever at the same time.

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