Type A plugs and sockets

Type A (NEMA 1-15, ungrounded)

2 pins Not earthed

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What fits into a Type A socket

Plug	Fits	Earth
Type A	yes	not applicable

Where a Type A plug goes

Type A Type B

Countries using Type A

American Samoa, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Polynesia, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico, Micronesia, Montserrat, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Niger, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen