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Plugs for travelling from Colombia to Barbados

Plugs, adapters, and other electrical information for travelling to Barbados from Colombia.

Quick chart at a glance

	Colombia	Barbados
Voltage:	110V.	115V.
Plugs Type:	A, B.	A, B.
Hertz:	60Hz.	50Hz.

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 Colombia the following plugs are used:


Plug Type A	Plug Type B

Outlet Type A	Outlet Type B

... and in Barbados you will use:


Plug Type A	Plug Type B

Outlet Type A	Outlet Type B

Details

Voltage

Similar voltage

The voltage is not exact, but the difference is tolerable. Its safe to plug your aparatus in Barbados without any risk. Congratulations, you will not need any adapter of voltage.

Plugs Type

Same connectors

Ideal situation, all the connectors used in Colombia are also used in Barbados. 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.