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Type I plug

A Type I plug has 3 pins — two flat blades in a V plus a vertical flat earth blade (two-pin version unearthed), earthed by earth pin. It is used in 6 of the 139 countries covered (9th most common), home to about 1.49 billion people.

Standard
AS/NZS 3112
Origin
Australia
Pins
3
Earthed
Yes
The plug goes into
Type I sockets
The socket takes
Type I plugs

Where Type I is used

6 countries; in 3 of them it is the only plug type in use.

FijiTanzaniaCanadaUnited StatesKazakhstanUzbekistanIndonesiaArgentinaChileDR CongoKenyaDominican RepublicRussiaBahamasNorwaySouth AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaVenezuelaFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaSenegalNigeriaCameroonGhanaCôte d'IvoireZambiaMalawiMozambiqueIsraelLebanonMadagascarTunisiaAlgeriaJordanUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitIraqOmanCambodiaThailandLaosMyanmarVietnamSouth KoreaMongoliaIndiaBangladeshBhutanNepalPakistanKyrgyzstanIranArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTürkiyeAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew ZealandAustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomIcelandAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaBruneiSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaJapanParaguaySaudi ArabiaCyprusMoroccoEgyptEthiopiaUgandaRwandaBosnia and HerzegovinaNorth MacedoniaSerbiaMontenegroTrinidad and Tobago

Argentina, Australia, China, Fiji, New Zealand, Uruguay.

Bold: Type I is the only plug type in use.

Often found with

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Source: Wikidata, checked against national and technical sources. Drawings are simplified, not to scale. Sources & method