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    Power cable for XPS 2015 - clover leaf or kettle plug?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jb14, Feb 10, 2015.

  1. jb14

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    Hi folks,

    Could I ask anyone who has got this laptop to advise me on what kind of adapter the power plug uses? I am looking to pick up another ebay UK power plug and I am not sure of the ending ie a clover leaf or 'kettle' design to plug into the transformer. It looks like a generic C5 clover leaf design which is readily available, but with dell you never know! Also is the UK plug fused at 3A?
    Thanks
     
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    Is it an XPS 13 2015 you're asking about?
     
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    yes it is, sorry was concentrating on remembering the 2015 and forgot the 13 part! Thanks
     
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    No problem, thought I'd double check first. It looks like a generic clover leaf to me as well, I tried plugging another power cable in from Sony or Lenovo and it appeared to work fine. The fuse is listed on the casing as 5A.:

    [​IMG]
     
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    Thanks for the pic. In the UK the nearest I can find is something like this:

    [​IMG]

    Nothing with a round end. Hopefully with a little bit of trimming & fuse change we will be good to go!
     
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    I don't think you'd need to worry about the round end, I'll check the power cable I tested with but it was a bog standard one I've used with Lenovo and Sony chargers.

    John
     
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