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2. AS/NZS 3112 - Wikipedia

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   Double insulated appliances may omit the earth pin. When viewing a plug from the rear, and the earth pin downwards, the top left pin is active and the top right pin is neutral. The shank of the active and neutral pins of every 10 amp and 15 amp flat-pin plug sold after 3 April 2005 are required to be insulated, in accordance with AS/NZS 3112: ...

3. IEC 60309 - Wikipedia

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   This is useful as disconnecting under load will cause arcing which may cause damage to both the plug and socket, and risk injury to the user. The pilot pin is located in the centre of main contact circle on 4- and 5-pin connectors. On 3-pin (2P+E) connectors, it is located on the contact circle opposite the ground pin.

4. AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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   IEC 60906-1 (type N) socket Two-pin charger, three-pin 10 A plug and 10 A socket-outlet conforming to Brazilian Standard NBR 14136. In 1986, the International Electrotechnical Commission published IEC 60906-1, a specification for a plug and socket that look similar, but are not identical, to the Swiss plug and socket.

5. AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types

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   BS 546, Two-pole and earthing-pin plugs, socket-outlets and socket-outlet adaptors for AC (50–60 Hz) circuits up to 250 V is an older British Standard for three-pin AC power plugs and sockets. Originally published in April 1934, it was updated by a 1950 edition which is still current, [1] with eight amendments up to 1999. BS 546 is also the ...

6. Electrical connector - Wikipedia

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   Plug and socket connectors are usually made up of a male plug (typically pin contacts) and a female socket (typically receptacle contacts). Often, but not always, sockets are permanently fixed to a device as in a chassis connector (see above) , and plugs are attached to a cable.

7. NEMA connector - Wikipedia

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   AC power plugs and sockets; BS 1363, British three-pin plugs and sockets; CEE 7 standard AC plugs and sockets; IEC 60320, an international standard for power "inlet" connectors on equipment; Industrial and multiphase power plugs and sockets § North America, which includes some non-NEMA plugs and sockets used in North America; Mains electricity ...