{"id":12734,"date":"2020-03-09T16:02:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T21:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpprivilegeclub.com\/blog\/?p=12734"},"modified":"2021-05-24T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T21:34:22","slug":"travel-talk-types-of-electrical-outlets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bpprivilegeclub.com\/blog\/travel-talk-types-of-electrical-outlets\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Talk: Types of Electrical outlets."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Technology and travel go hand in hand nowadays. And with technology, we have to take into consideration a huge aspect of using it\u2026 electricity and charge. Did you know there are currently 15 types of electrical outlet plugs in use today? Each of these has been assigned a letter by the US Department of Commerce International Trade Administration (ITA), starting with A and moving through the alphabet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good\nthing? These letters are completely arbitrary: they don\u2019t actually mandate\nanything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of greater interest is the world map below, which visualizes the spread of the different plug types in use around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red countries\nuse type A & B plugs, the deep blue ones use types C & E\/F (which are\ncompatible with each other), brown countries use type D, sea-green countries\nuse the British type G plug, pink-colored Israel uses types C & H, yellow\ncountries use the Australian type I system, black countries use C & J,\norange countries use types C & L, purple countries use the South African\ntype M, pale blue countries use the international type N and moss-green\nThailand uses types C & O. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a\nsimplified overview showing only the most common plug type, but sometimes\nmultiple systems are used within one and the same country.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n