Charging E bikes in Europe

[whickcycle]

I’ve toured in The Netherlands this year and my Bosch battery charged perfectly well plugged into hotel bedrooms using the normal UK/continental adaptor. I actually use a trailing 4 gang socket and charge bike battery, phone and other devices at the same time. No problems encountered

With regard to the comment about some hotels not allowing bike batteries to be charged, I didn’t ask for permission (never thought to)

[Jdsk]

I’ve toured in The Netherlands this year and my Bosch battery charged perfectly well plugged into hotel bedrooms using the normal UK/continental adaptor. I actually use a trailing 4 gang socket and charge bike battery, phone and other devices at the same time. No problems encountered

Is that using a two-pin "Europlug"?

Thanks

Jonathan

[whickcycle]

This sort of thing

[Jdsk]

With a two pin Europlug on the other side?

That would work in all three countries. It's the fitting for higher current where they aren't all the same.

Jonathan

[goosegog]

I have travelled in Europe with my Ebike . I changed my UK 3pin lead with the simple 2pin euro plug which I had from a photocopier on my Bosch charger. this avoiding any extra adapters. I usually charge the battery in hotel rooms, I put the battery on charge when I get to the room I then switch it off when I go for a meal switching it on when I return to the room. This is easy when the room has master switch operated by the room key card. I have also been asked to sign a form saying I would not charge the battery in the room when I am not there. At another hotel I had to leave my battery to be charged at reception which had a night porter. At other hotels which were not insured to charge batteries in the rooms they provided personal lockers with 2 sockets in each one outside the hotel. I have also seen separate bike rooms one for normal bikes the other fully tiled for Ebikes.

[goosegog]

When I went to Switzerland I needed a different adapter. Some hotels had 2 sockets one Swiss and the other euro 2 pin.