[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":80},["ShallowReactive",2],{"plug-A":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":69,"extension":70,"introduced":71,"meta":72,"navigation":73,"path":74,"seo":75,"standard":76,"stem":77,"type":78,"__hash__":79},"plugs\u002Fplugs\u002Fa.md","Type A",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":62},"minimark",[9,13,18,41,45,55,59],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Type A is the plug that started it all. Harvey Hubbell patented a separable plug in 1904, and after a few years of tinkering the world got two flat, parallel blades and a socket to match.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"things-to-know","Things to know",[19,20,21,29,35],"ul",{},[22,23,24,28],"li",{},[25,26,27],"strong",{},"No ground."," Type A is a two-wire plug. Fine for phone chargers, lamps and anything with a plastic case.",[22,30,31,34],{},[25,32,33],{},"Polarised (sometimes)."," On many US plugs one blade is slightly wider than the other so it only goes in one way. Japanese Type A plugs usually have two identical blades, so a polarised US plug may not fit an older Japanese socket.",[22,36,37,40],{},[25,38,39],{},"Falls out."," Type A plugs are notorious for sagging out of worn sockets, especially when a heavy charger is attached. Plugbert calls this \"the droop.\"",[14,42,44],{"id":43},"fits-into","Fits into",[10,46,47,48,50,51,54],{},"Type A plugs go into ",[25,49,5],{}," and ",[25,52,53],{},"Type B"," sockets. Many sockets in Thailand, China, Cambodia, Vietnam and Peru also accept them.",[14,56,58],{"id":57},"plugberts-verdict","Plugbert's verdict",[10,60,61],{},"Simple, cheap, a little wobbly. The plug equivalent of a golden retriever.",{"title":63,"searchDepth":64,"depth":64,"links":65},"",2,[66,67,68],{"id":16,"depth":64,"text":17},{"id":43,"depth":64,"text":44},{"id":57,"depth":64,"text":58},"Two flat parallel pins, no ground. The original American plug.","md","1904",{},true,"\u002Fplugs\u002Fa",{"title":5,"description":69},"NEMA 1-15","plugs\u002Fa","A","f0DPthqcgX_eD_fHADYWburoZP7690ugrMCc7EemDzs",1791256128382]