Type A plug and socket
Two flat parallel blades and no earth pin. On polarised US plugs one blade is wider.
- Standard
- NEMA 1-15 (US), JIS C 8303 Class II (Japan)
- Pins
- Two flat parallel blades
- Earthed
- No
- Rated
- 15 A
- Origin
- United States
What fits
Where Type A is used
Main type in 53 countries and territories
American Samoa 120 V
Anguilla 110 V
Antigua and Barbuda 110 V / 230 V
Aruba 127 V
Bahamas 120 V
Barbados 115 V
Belize 110 V / 220 V
Bermuda 120 V
Bolivia 230 V
British Virgin Islands 110 V
Cambodia 230 V
Canada 120 V- BQCaribbean Netherlands 127 V
Cayman Islands 120 V
China 220 V
Colombia 120 V
Costa Rica 120 V
Cuba 110 V
Curaçao 127 V
Dominican Republic 120 V
Ecuador 120 V
El Salvador 115 V
Guam 110 V
Guatemala 120 V
Guyana 110 V / 240 V
Haiti 110 V
Honduras 120 V
Jamaica 110 V
Japan 100 V
Laos 230 V
Liberia 120 V / 230 V
Marshall Islands 120 V
Mexico 127 V
Micronesia 120 V
Montserrat 230 V
Nicaragua 120 V
Northern Mariana Islands 120 V
Palau 120 V
Panama 120 V
Peru 220 V
Philippines 230 V
Puerto Rico 120 V
Saint Kitts and Nevis 230 V
Sint Maarten 120 V
Taiwan 110 V
Thailand 230 V
Trinidad and Tobago 115 V
Turks and Caicos Islands 120 V
US Virgin Islands 120 V
United States 120 V
Venezuela 120 V
Vietnam 220 V
Yemen 230 V
Also found in
Bangladesh
French Polynesia
Lebanon
Myanmar
Niger
Paraguay
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Suriname
Countries using Type A differ in voltage: the same plug can be on 100–127 V in one country and 220–240 V in another, so check the voltage too.