Type F plug
A Type F plug has 2 pins — two round 4.8 mm pins 19 mm apart with earth clips on the sides, earthed by side earth clips. It is used in 52 of the 139 countries covered (2nd most common), home to about 1.60 billion people.
- Standard
- CEE 7/4 (Schuko)
- Origin
- Germany
- Pins
- 2
- Earthed
- Yes
- The plug goes into
- Type F sockets
- The socket takes
- Types C, F and EF plugs
Where Type F is used
52 countries.
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
Type F and Type C
Type C is the type most often listed alongside Type F: 51 countries use both. Type F has 2 pins and is earthed; Type C has 2 and is unearthed. Between the two, a Type C plug goes into a Type F socket.
Type F without Type C: Aruba.
Type C without Type F: Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Czechia, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo, France, India, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mauritius, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Zambia.
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