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Plugs for travelling from Barbados to Montserrat (Leeward Islands)

Plugs, adapters, and other electrical information for travelling to Montserrat (Leeward Islands) from Barbados.

Quick chart at a glance

	Barbados	Montserrat (Leeward Islands)
Voltage:	115V.	230V.
Plugs Type:	A, B.	A, B.
Hertz:	50Hz.	60Hz.

Chart Explanation

If you are an electrical savvy, perhaps the previous chart is all you need. If this is not your situation, you can continue reading for discovering what that chart implies!

Plugs and Sockets at each country

In Barbados the following plugs are used:


Plug Type A	Plug Type B

Outlet Type A	Outlet Type B

... and in Montserrat (Leeward Islands) you will use:


Plug Type A	Plug Type B

Outlet Type A	Outlet Type B

Details

Voltage

Different Voltages

You will not be able to use your electrical aparatus using a simple plug adapter. You will need neither an transformer or an elevator. Click here for more information about this.

Plugs Type

Same connectors

Ideal situation, all the connectors used in Barbados are also used in Montserrat (Leeward Islands). Congratulations!!!

Adapters

You are lucky, don't need adapter.

Hertz

No equal hertz

This is not a big issue. Unless you are using an electric alarm clock and you have to wake up early!. Explanation: Some alarm clocks (not the battery powered ones, the ones that you have to plug to the wall outlet) uses the frequency of electricity to measure time. So, time shifts could be experimented. For more information about alarm clocks hertz shift click here. Apart this issue, almost every home electronic device works perfectly with different hertz.