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FOREIGN VOLTAGE GUIDE BY COUNTRY
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Afganistan 380/220 G Algeria 220/127 - Am.Samoa 120/240 A, C, K, N Angola 220 B Anguilla 230 D Antigua 230 K,N,D Argentina 225 B,C Aruba 115/127 A,B,G,K,N Australia 415/240 C,P Austria 380/220 A,B Azores 220/120 B,G
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Bahamas 110 A Bahrain 230 D Barbados 110 A Belgium 110/220 B Belize 110/220 A, C, D Bermuda 110 A Bolivia 110/220 A, B Brazil 110/220 A to E Bulgaria 220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Canada 110 A Chile 220 B China 220 B, C Costa Rica 110 A Czech Republic 220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Denmark 220 B Dominican Republic110 A
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Ecuador 110 A, B Egypt 220 B England 220 D, E
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Fiji 220 C Finland 220 B France 220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Germany 220 B Great Britain 220 D, E Greece 220 B Guatemala 110 A, D
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Hong Kong 220 B Hungary 220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Iceland 220 B India 220 B, D, E Indonesia 110/220 B Iran 220 B Ireland 220 D, E Israel 220 B Italy 110/220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Jamaica 110 A Japan 110 A Jordan 220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Kenya 220 D, E Korea 110/220 A, B Kuwait 220/240 D, E
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Lebanon 110/220 A, B Luxembourg 110/220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Malaysia 220 D Malta 220 D, E Martinique 220 B Mexico 110/220 A Monaco 220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Nepal 220 B, E Netherlands 220 B New Zealand 220 C Norway 220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Oman 220 D
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Pakistan 220 B Peru 110/220 A, B Philippines 110/220 A, B Poland 220 B Portugal 110/220 B Puerto Rico 110 A
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Qatar 230 D
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Romania 220 B Russia 220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Saudi Arabia 110/220 ? Scotland 220 D, E Singapore 220 B, D, E Slovakia 220 B South Africa 220 B, D Spain 110/220 A, B Sweden 220 B Switzerland 220 B Syria 220 B
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Tahiti 110 A Taiwan 110 A Thailand 220 A, B Turkey 220 B, E
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG UAE (Abu Dhabi) 240 D UAE (all other) 220 D United States 110 A US Virgin Islands 110 A
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Venezuela 110 A
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Wales 220 D, E
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Yemen 220 D
COUNTRY VOLTAGE PLUG Zambia 220 D, E
Sources: U.S. Dept of Commerce
There are five main types of electrical plugs that are used about 95% of the time around the world. In the chart below, these five types of plugs are labeled A, B, C, D,E.
A. This is a plug with two flat parallel prongs. It is used in the United States and in many other countries including Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Jamaica and Venezuela.
B. This plug has two round prongs and can be used in most of the countries in continental Europe.
C. Primarily used in Australia, this plug has two flat prongs like the type A plug, but they form a V-shape rather than being parallel like A plugs.
D. This plug has three prongs (two flat and one rectangular) that form a triangle, and is widely used in Great Britain.
E. Plug E is similar to B except the prongs it has two oversized round prongs.