Museum of Plugs and Sockets: home page

displaying an amazing collection of modern and classic
domestic plugs and sockets from all over the world !

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Update no. 38
26 September 2016

Latest additions include:

Acknowledgments *

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Outlet suitable for CEE 7/16 and 7/17 plugs, but not for 7/4 (no. 17) view
Classic French material, made by L'Ébénoïd (nos 20-22) view
Additional examples of classic continental European 3-phase material view
South Africa SANS 164-5 and -6 adapters (nos. 19-22) view
Classic Polish heavy duty and three-phase material (new page) view
Page on adapter plugs has been fully revised; new models are added view
New page on British Fused Connection Units (FCU) view
German 1930s multi-plug with safely shutters (see nos. 25-26) view
Wieland appliance connector (no. 25) view
Update of acknowledgments view

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