He didn't but a hairdryer from the U.S. as well did he. That happened on here the other day and we managed to trace the fault to being a different voltage between here and there, Does that happen in this case?

Nope South Africa is the same voltage as us. There's no obvious reason why it shouldn't work because of its origins. Quite a long way to take it back to the shop though.

What's he trying to display on it?