[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":82},["ShallowReactive",2],{"plug-E":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":71,"extension":72,"introduced":73,"meta":74,"navigation":75,"path":76,"seo":77,"standard":78,"stem":79,"type":80,"__hash__":81},"plugs\u002Fplugs\u002Fe.md","Type E",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":64},"minimark",[9,18,23,26,30,57,61],[10,11,12,13,17],"p",{},"Type E does things differently. Instead of the plug having a ground pin, the ",[14,15,16],"strong",{},"socket"," has one, a little male pin sticking out that slots into a hole in the plug.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"where-youll-find-it","Where you'll find it",[10,24,25],{},"France, Belgium, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and many former French territories in Africa and the Pacific.",[19,27,29],{"id":28},"things-to-know","Things to know",[31,32,33,45,51],"ul",{},[34,35,36,39,40,44],"li",{},[14,37,38],{},"The hybrid trick."," Most modern plugs sold in Europe are \"CEE 7\u002F7\" hybrids with both a hole (for Type E sockets) ",[41,42,43],"em",{},"and"," side clips (for Type F sockets). So a German plug almost always fits a French socket, and vice versa.",[34,46,47,50],{},[14,48,49],{},"Europlugs fit too."," Any Type C plug slides straight in.",[34,52,53,56],{},[14,54,55],{},"Polarised, sort of."," Because of the ground pin, a Type E plug only goes in one way. Type F plugs are reversible. Plugbert lets them argue it out.",[19,58,60],{"id":59},"plugberts-verdict","Plugbert's verdict",[10,62,63],{},"Confident, slightly eccentric, very French. Your Europlug adapter works fine.",{"title":65,"searchDepth":66,"depth":66,"links":67},"",2,[68,69,70],{"id":21,"depth":66,"text":22},{"id":28,"depth":66,"text":29},{"id":59,"depth":66,"text":60},"The French plug. Two round pins and a hole for the ground pin that sticks out of the socket.","md","1930s",{},true,"\u002Fplugs\u002Fe",{"title":5,"description":71},"CEE 7\u002F5 (socket)","plugs\u002Fe","E","2gZDd2KVVmFXGxYra6fefes-5Duy7JzPJZ1yM9QfmGg",1791256128878]