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Example of a Europlug. The Europlug is a flat, non-rewirable two-pole, round-pin domestic AC power plug, rated for voltages up to 250 V and currents up to 2.5 A. [1] It is a compromise design intended to connect low-power Class II appliances safely to the many different forms of round-pin domestic power socket used across Europe.
The system of plug types using a single letter (from A to O) used here is from World Plugs, which defines the plug type letters in terms of a general description, without making reference to specific standards. Where a plug does not have a specific letter code assigned to it, then it may be defined by the style sheet number listed in IEC TR 60083.
Like in most European plugs, the power pins of Danish plugs are 19 mm (0.75 in) long and spaced 19 mm (0.75 in) apart, with a diameter of 4.8 mm (0.19 in). The earthing pin is part of the plug (in contrast to French and Schuko plugs); it is D-shaped, 14 mm (0.55 in) long, and offset from the power pins by 13 mm (0.51 in).
In light of the declining popularity of the Micro USB connector and its limited power throughput relative to USB-C, in September 2021, the European Commission adopted a proposal to for a new directive, to update the existing Directive 2014/53/EU. [27] [28] The directive was approved by the European Parliament and Council of the European Union. [28]
On the device side, a modified Micro-B plug (Micro-B SuperSpeed) is used to cater for the five additional pins required to achieve the USB 3.0 features (USB-C plug can also be used). The USB 3.0 Micro-B plug effectively consists of a standard USB 2.0 Micro-B cable plug, with an additional 5 pins plug "stacked" to the side of it. In this way ...
After previous connectors were deprecated in USB 3.2, the new USB-C plug has become a new standard for charging (and data transfer) over USB. [ 13 ] In the European Union, the Radio Equipment Directive 2021/0291 , requires new smartphones to use USB-C as a universal charger by the end of 2024, and laptops by 2026.
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Variations of the original Schuko plug are used today in more than 40 countries, including most of Continental Europe. France, Belgium, Czechia, Slovakia and Poland use the CEE 7/6 plug and CEE 7/5 socket (Type E) with the same size and spacing of the main pins but with a male protective-earth pin on the socket instead of the earth clips, and ...