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What is a type B electrical socket and plug? Type
"B" electrical sockets are familiar to most people in North America as
being regular grounded wall outlets. Plugs consist of two elongated,
flat metal prongs with holes near their ends that are used to help
secure the plug within its socket and a round grounding prong without holes that extends beyond the length of the flat prongs. It's important to note that in
Japan, where type "B" sockets are also used, the flat-prong socket holes are
identical instead of one being wider than the other, as in North
America. This means that Japanese electrical plugs fit North American
wall outlets but North American electrical plugs do not fit Japanese
outlets. Because of this, you should check to see that any electrical
equipment you bring to Japan supports Japanese wall outlets in addition
to Japanese voltage. Furthermore, you should expect type "B" sockets to be rarer in Japan than type "A".
last updated 2008.06.30
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