Type B plug and socket
Type A's two flat blades plus a round or D-shaped earth pin below them.
- Standard
- NEMA 5-15 (US), JIS C 8303 Class I (Japan)
- Pins
- Two flat blades plus a round earth pin
- Earthed
- Yes
- Rated
- 15 A
- Origin
- United States
What fits
Where Type B is used
Main type in 43 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
British Virgin Islands 110 V
Canada 120 V- BQCaribbean Netherlands 127 V
Cayman Islands 120 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
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
Philippines 230 V
Puerto Rico 120 V
Saint Kitts and Nevis 230 V
Sint Maarten 120 V
Trinidad and Tobago 115 V
Turks and Caicos Islands 120 V
US Virgin Islands 120 V
United States 120 V
Venezuela 120 V
Also found in
Bolivia
Cambodia
French Polynesia
Japan
Jordan
Laos
Lebanon
Niger
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Suriname
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Vietnam
Countries using Type B 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.