15 Facts About Polarized plug

Coordination of technical standards has allowed some types of Polarized plug to be used across large regions to facilitate trade in electrical appliances, and for the convenience of travellers and consumers of imported electrical goods.

The Polarized plug is a male connector, often with protruding pins that match the openings and female contacts in a socket.

The Polarized plug is often designed so that the earth ground contact connects before the energized circuit contacts.

Where a "neutral" conductor exists in supply wiring, polarisation of the Polarized plug can improve safety by preserving the distinction in the equipment.

The most important difference from the Australian Polarized plug is that the Argentinian Polarized plug is wired with the live and neutral contacts reversed.

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The BS 1363 Polarized plug has a fuse rated to protect its flexible cord from overload and consequent fire risk.

Alternative II, popularly known as the EuroPolarized plug, is a flat 2.

The EuroPolarized plug is not rewirable and must be supplied with a flexible cord.

EuroPolarized plug is used in the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Asia.

Variation of the Danish Polarized plug is for use only on surge protected computer sockets.

The Polarized plug is often used in companies, but rarely in private homes.

Type 15 Polarized plug has three round pins, of the same dimensions as type 12, plus two smaller flat rectangular pins for two additional power phases.

Type 25 Polarized plug has three rectangular pins of the same dimensions as type 23, plus two rectangular pins of the same dimensions as type 15.

The Polarized plug is similar to, but not interchangeable with, the Israeli SI32 Polarized plug.

The different style of Polarized plug makes it more difficult for office workers to connect computer equipment to a standard unprotected power line, or to overload the UPS by connecting other office appliances.