- 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-operated...
- "13 amp plug" or a "13 amp socket". BS 546, Two-
pole and earthing-pin plugs,
socket-outlets and
socket-outlet
adaptors for AC (50–60 Hz)
circuits up to...
-
unearthed socket is
inherently dangerous with
equipment that
should be polarised, for
example table lamps with an
Edison **** lamp but only a
single pole inline...
- reversed. The
socket also
accepts Europlugs and CEE 7/17 plugs. It is
rated at 16 A. The
current German standards are DIN 49441:1972-06 "Two-
pole plugs with...
-
older two-wire,
ungrounded NEMA 1
sockets may be
replaced with NEMA 5
sockets protected by a GFCI (integral with the
socket or with the
corresponding circuit...
- 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 electricity...
- to
indicate a
receptacle (
socket) or 'P' to
indicate a plug (prongs). As an example, the 5-15R is the
common 125 V two-
pole, three-wire
receptacle rated...
- round-pin
domestic power socket used
across Europe. However, it is not
compatible with the rectangular-pin BS 1363
sockets found in Cyprus, Gibraltar...
-
standards from the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for "plugs,
socket-outlets and
couplers for
industrial purposes". They are also
referred to...
- not always, present, in
which case the
socket is
classified as two
pole and earth(2P+E).
Three phase sockets provide three line contacts, they may also...