AC power plugs and sockets connect devices to mains electricity to supply them with electrical power. A plug is the connector attached to an electrically...
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energized socket. These include plugs with insulated sleeves, sockets with blocking shutters, and sockets designed to accept only compatible plugs inserted...
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20 types in common use around the world, such as AC power plugs and sockets, and many obsolete socket types which are still found in older buildings. When...
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that larger sockets in one group can take the same plug or any smaller plugs from that group only: Each of the three phase plugs and sockets are available...
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NEMA connector (redirect from AC power plugs and sockets: American and related types)
NEMA connectors are power plugs and sockets used for AC mains electricity in North America and other countries that use the standards set by the US National...
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DC connector (redirect from DC plugs)
DC plug, for one common type) is an electrical connector that supplies direct current (DC) power. Compared to domestic AC power plugs and sockets, DC...
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Schuko (redirect from Schuko socket)
connector (plug/socket) system used in much (but not all) of Europe. It is a registered trademark referring to a system of AC power plugs and sockets that is...
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current (AC) power supply in a building NEMA connector, the standard for much of the Americas and Japan for such plugs and sockets Industrial power plug DC...
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SN 441011 (category Mains power connectors)
means that sockets designed for 16 amps also accept plugs for 10 amps, but not the other way around, and that 2- or 3-pole (single-phase) plugs can also...
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Corporation. PowerPoint, Power Point, or Powerpoint may also refer to the following: Slide shows in general AC power plugs and sockets Power Points, in...
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AS/NZS 3112 (redirect from Australian power connector)
Australian and New Zealand Standard for AC power plugs (male) and sockets (female). The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) "world plugs" website...
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Energy portal AC power plugs and sockets describes the usual sources of power for an AC adapter Adapter Battery eliminator Coaxial power connector has...
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SANS 164 (redirect from South African plugs)
for domestic AC power plugs and sockets. As a former British colony, South Africa's electricity standards are of British derivation, and it uses 220/230 V...
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A power strip (also known as a multi-socket, power board and many other variations) is a block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible...
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permitted on plugs and sockets. CEE 7/1 wall socket, accepts CEE 7/2 (unearthed) plug and also CEE 7/4, CEE 7/6 and CEE 7/7 (earthed) plugs Power bar with...
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Mains electricity by country (redirect from List of countries with mains power plugs, voltages and frequencies)
Voltage / Plug / Region – WPR. Retrieved 25 March 2025. "Guyana – Power Plugs & Sockets: Travel Adapter Needed?". Power Plugs & Sockets of the World...
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Electric power distribution Mains electricity or household power, the general-purpose alternating-current (AC) electric power supply AC power plugs and sockets...
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possible fire or personal injury. Energy portal AC power plugs and sockets Extension cord Power strip Power supply Skalak, Richard; Chien, Shu (1987). Handbook...
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communication socket(), a system call defined by the Berkeley sockets API CPU socket, the connector on a computer's motherboard for the CPU AC power plugs and sockets...
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IEC 60320 (redirect from C5 line socket)
wrapping it around the head of a screw. AC power plugs and sockets BS 1363 – British standard for building receptacles and compatible cord connectors IEC 60906-1...
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prevent shock hazard in electric devices connected with unpolarised AC power plugs and sockets. Double switching is a crucial safety engineering practice in...
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V AC mains power. (There are also consumer "adapters" which merely form an electrical connection between two differently shaped AC power plugs and sockets...
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Group Vladimir Plugin (1937–2003), Russian historian and art historian AC power plugs and sockets, two- or three-pronged wall electrical outlets Add-on...
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IEC 60906-1 (category Mains power connectors)
multi-standard sockets, claiming that such sockets are likely to create safety problems when used with plugs from other countries. IEC 60906-1 plugs are similar...
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IEC 60309 (redirect from Commando socket)
the sockets, as 'normal' domestic plugs will not fit. The cable connectors and sockets are keyed and colour-coded, according to the voltage range and frequency...
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concerned with the problems of three-phase AC power – the standard for large-scale power transmission and distribution across the modern world – a significant...
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Entry System Cable gland Cable management Cable tray Domestic AC power plugs and sockets Electrical conduit Electrical room Electrical wiring in North...
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X-ray cable is a special type of flexible high-voltage cable. AC power plugs and sockets American wire gauge – for a table of cross section sizes Ampacity...
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Residual-current device (section Purpose and operation)
the RCD, and that tripping of the RCD would disconnect power from all the protected circuits. Energy portal Domestic AC power plugs and sockets Electrical...
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