[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":74},["ShallowReactive",2],{"plug-B":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":63,"extension":64,"introduced":65,"meta":66,"navigation":67,"path":68,"seo":69,"standard":70,"stem":71,"type":72,"__hash__":73},"plugs\u002Fplugs\u002Fb.md","Type B",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":57},"minimark",[9,18,23,50,54],[10,11,12,13,17],"p",{},"Type B is Type A after a protein shake. Same two flat blades, plus a round ",[14,15,16],"strong",{},"ground pin"," below them that's slightly longer, so it connects first when you plug in and disconnects last when you pull out.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"things-to-know","Things to know",[24,25,26,33,44],"ul",{},[27,28,29,32],"li",{},[14,30,31],{},"Grounded."," Desktop computers, power tools, kitchen appliances and anything with a metal case usually come with Type B.",[27,34,35,38,39,43],{},[14,36,37],{},"Fits Type B sockets only."," You ",[40,41,42],"em",{},"can't"," put a Type B plug into a two-slot Type A socket. People who snap off the ground pin to make it fit are, in Plugbert's professional opinion, living dangerously.",[27,45,46,49],{},[14,47,48],{},"Japan:"," many Japanese homes and older hotels only have Type A sockets. A cheap 3-to-2 adapter solves it, at the cost of losing the ground.",[19,51,53],{"id":52},"plugberts-verdict","Plugbert's verdict",[10,55,56],{},"The reliable older sibling. Also falls out of the wall sometimes, but at least it's grounded when it does.",{"title":58,"searchDepth":59,"depth":59,"links":60},"",2,[61,62],{"id":21,"depth":59,"text":22},{"id":52,"depth":59,"text":53},"Type A plus a round ground pin. The standard grounded plug in North America.","md","1928",{},true,"\u002Fplugs\u002Fb",{"title":5,"description":63},"NEMA 5-15","plugs\u002Fb","B","Q5U8vwcGzZYVP4N7iNWlzX6kTMpQbUG-JLIqGaMxZ0U",1791256128495]