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2. Mains electricity by country - Wikipedia

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   Mains electricity by country includes a list of countries and territories, with the plugs, voltages and frequencies they commonly use for providing electrical power to low voltage appliances, equipment, and lighting typically found in homes and offices. (For industrial machinery, see industrial and multiphase power plugs and sockets.) Some ...

3. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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   AC power plugs and sockets connect devices to mains electricity to supply them with electrical power. A plug is the connector attached to an electrically-operated device, often via a cable. A socket (also known as a receptacle or outlet ) is fixed in place, often on the internal walls of buildings, and is connected to an AC electrical circuit.

4. NEMA connector - Wikipedia

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   NEMA 1-15P (two-pole, no ground) and NEMA 5-15P (two-pole with ground pin) plugs are used on common domestic electrical equipment, and NEMA 5-15R is the standard 15-ampere electric receptacle (outlet) found in the United States, and under relevant national standards, in Canada (CSA C22.2 No. 42 [1]), Mexico (NMX-J-163-ANCE) and Japan (JIS C 8303).

5. Energy in Japan - Wikipedia

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   The standard voltage at power outlets is 100 V, but the grids operate at different frequencies: 50 Hz in Eastern Japan and 60 Hz in Western Japan. [96] The grids are connected together by three frequency converter stations ( Higashi-Shimizu , Shin Shinano and Sakuma ), but these can only handle 1 GW in total. [ 97 ]

6. Electricity sector in Japan - Wikipedia

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   The electric power industry in Japan covers the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy in Japan. Japan consumed approximately 918 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2014. [1] Before the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, about a quarter of electricity in the country was generated by nuclear power. In the ...

7. Mains electricity - Wikipedia

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   Mains electricity, utility power, grid power, domestic power, wall power, household current, [2] or, in some parts of Canada, hydro, is a general-purpose alternating-current (AC) electric power supply. It is the form of electrical power that is delivered to homes and businesses through the electrical grid in many parts of the world. People use ...

8. CHAdeMO - Wikipedia

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   Most EVs are designed with limited AC input power, typically based on the available power of consumer outlets: for example, 240 V, 30 A in the United States and Japan; 240 V, 40 A in Canada; and 230 V, 15 A or 3φ, 400 V, 32 A in Europe and Australia.

9. Power cord - Wikipedia

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   Power cord, with plug at end, plugged into a Japanese outlet with ground post, for a washing machine. North American power cord with IEC 60320 C13 appliance connector and NEMA 5-15 wall plug. A power cord , line cord , or mains cable is an electrical cable that temporarily connects an appliance to the mains electricity supply via a wall socket ...