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UPDATE: Jul. 27, 2023, 5:00 a.m. EDT This shopping guide has been updated with additional products, expert recommendations, and new information on traveling abroad with electronics. If you’re ...
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Consumer voltage converters (also known as "travel converters") are used when traveling between countries that use ~120 V versus ~240 V AC mains power. (There are also consumer "adapters" which merely form an electrical connection between two differently shaped AC power plugs and sockets, but these change neither voltage nor frequency.)
Type L is the national official standard; C and F are compatible. Schuko or type F plugs are often used for high power appliances. China: A, C, I GB/T 1002 GB/T 2099 220 V 380 V 50 Hz Type C was removed from GB/T 1002-2021, but A/C hybrid sockets still appear in old installations. Line [Live?] /neutral reversed compared to Argentinian type I.
A passive electric power adapter, sometimes called a travel plug or travel adapter, allows using a plug from one region with a foreign socket. As other countries supply 120-volt, 60 Hz AC, using a travel adapter in a country with a different supply poses a safety hazard if the connected device does not support both input voltages.
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An external power supply, AC adapter or power brick, is a power supply located in the load's AC power cord that plugs into a wall outlet; a wall wart is an external supply integrated with the outlet plug itself. These are popular in consumer electronics because of their safety; the hazardous 120 or 240 volt main current is transformed down to a ...
NEMA connectors are power plugs and sockets used for AC mains electricity in North America and other countries that use the standards set by the US National Electrical Manufacturers Association. NEMA wiring devices are made in current ratings from 15 to 60 amperes (A), with voltage ratings from 125 to 600 volts (V).