Does US battery charger for Sony AS 230 digital SLR camera work in the UK?

probably a typing error on your part but should the adaptor not have been UK to US >> (Tried to use a plug adaptor (US to UK)

alright, allow me to answer this question competently..... Be advised that I shoot Nikon and have for a while. Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, Samsung, Panasonic, Sigma, etc all make entry level cameras. Nikon, Canon, Sony, and Olympus make truly professional cameras (35mm format anyway) For the camera body, I like Nikon the best--the cameras feel good in my hands, and have excellent noise/signal ratio, and are very rugged. For video on a DSLR, I love Canon--they're the only ones who have gotten it right so far. They have a lot of glass, but it doesn't resolve above about 21mp, so it's not worth it for the professional bodies--you're losing out because the lenses are ALWAYS supposed to outperform the camera, not the other way around. Olympus has some of the nicest glass ever made. Period. their bodies are a little odd, and their professional camera is more of a pro-sumer camera, but they are excellent, nonetheless. Sony is a new contender in the market, but should not be taken too lightly... the a900/a850 are excellent cameras at amazing price points. The old Minolta glass is amazing, and the new sony glass is pretty nice too. They are definitely not for sports--for that, it's Nikon and Canon all the way, although the D3/D3S are definitely the winners in that arena... Pentax has AMAZING glass, but their bodies aren't really all that great from what i've heard... You can get a Nikon, Canon, or Sony setup for way less and the same or better quality for the most part... There is no BEST BRAND... the best brand can be thought of as the brand you buy. All the other brands become irrelevant when you buy into a brand. I bought into Nikon, and as much as I envy some of my friends' amazing L-series glass, I never fail to get the image with a Nikon 200mm f/2... go out, try out the cameras you like, and pick what feels best. That's the best answer I can give you... Unless you want something very specific like low noise in the dark, where Nikon is gonna be best, or the best glass, where you want Olympus, or if you want to be an elite user, you could always get a Leica... if i have to make one recommendation, get a Nikon. If you get decent lenses (AF-S lenses are awesome by the way dont listen to these other people) they'll work on the D3000 to the D3X and all the others, including most of the film cameras. Nikons are fast, and if you get a D300 or above, they're built like a tank. All the professional lenses are built that way too. You really can't go wrong with any of the brands, honestly. Just do what feels right, and don't look back.

The charger will have its input voltage marked on a label and probably also in the instruction book.

It is normal for chargers and other power supply units bought in the UK and Europe to accept multiple input voltages. But the USA tends to be a bit isolationist and many electrical things sold over there will not work over here without some form of transformer. This saves their manufacturers some money when they're making power units.

It seems as though your charger is seeing twice the mains voltage that it is expecting and has shut down. This may be a temporary thermal cut out, or it may have blown an internal fuse. If it's temporary then a 230 to 110 volt auto transformer will make it work again.

In the worst case scenario the charger has sent too much to the camera, briefly before it shut down, and damaged it. That may be why the "one size fits all" charger doesn't work.

The best thing for you to do is to take camera and charger to a Sony main dealer/authorised repairer, and have them check it all for you. Look for your nearest authorised repairer on the Sony web site.

Your charger should work practically anywhere on the world. What you only need is an adaptor for the plug which you already got. If the charger does not work in other sockets in the house, it most probably is busted already.

There is a "one size fits all" charger that has a clip where you can adjust the prongs that touch the metal contacts of your battery. I find this to be the most practical and economical replacement charger for cameras and cell phones batteries.

All of these chargers have a transformer and rectifier to give the correct DC output. Some devices such as PSUs for PC's have a little switch on them to tell it the input voltage.

Your additional post has confirmed that it will operate out of UK/European mains @ 220V AC. If something goes wrong it's Sony's problem, they rated it for up to 240V AC in.

If you look on the rear of the charger it should tell you what voltages the included charger will work with. YOU NEED TO CHECK but most Sony chargers are multivoltage and should not require anything other than different cable or pin adapter.

The reason is the voltage. In US, the voltage is 110V vs. 230V in UK.

You will either find a travel charge which will automatically adjust the voltage or find a transformer to down convert from 230V to 110V.

Please do not try to plug any 110V device into 230V outlet, it will fried the device and cause short circuit.

Do you know someone in UK that you can borrow the charger? If you stay in hotel or hostel, can you borrow a charger from one of the guest? or ask the front desk for any assistance.

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Why not ask Sony -They have a website