US to UK conversion help

I just had back an american dbv with a US 3 pin grounded plug. my stepdown converter has only 2 pins. rather than buy another stepdown converter, could i just use 2 adaptors, US>UK the UK>US 2 pin, then plug that into the converter. hoping for quick response as stores close over here in few hours , many thanks

The third pin on the US plug is the ground. If your converter doesn't provide a grounded plugin you could use something like this to convert the grounded plug to un-grounded, then into your converter.

This removes the ground from the wiring completely and is not recommended for safety reasons. If your unit were to short circuit there will be nowhere for the electricity to ground to....other than possibly through you.

I need to be clear that I am not an electrician and would probably get a converter that accommodates grounded US plugs. With that said, using an adapter to remove the ground from the US plug will work.

To your point, if your converter accepts 2 prong Euro plugs at 110v output...your solution should work...albeit, you're removing the ground either way, which does cause a safety concern to me.

Chainfish said:

I just had back an american dbv with a US 3 pin grounded plug. my stepdown converter has only 2 pins. rather than buy another stepdown converter, could i just use 2 adaptors, US>UK the UK>US 2 pin, then plug that into the converter. hoping for quick response as stores close over here in few hours , many thanks

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No. You are almost definitely not using an isolated stepdown, which you should be for any desktop vape that could be left on long term (ie all day).

You need to spend more on a preferably isolated stepdown with a ground pin. Never use non-grounded AC power on a device which comes with a ground pin.

is just as a short term fix. and won't leave it on all day till get grounded step down. thanks for the advice both. This forum is so helpful