Type G — British 13 A plug
- Pins
- 3
- Spacing
- 22 mm
- Pin length
- 17.7 mm
- Rated
- 13 A
- Earthed
- yes
Drawn from pin dimensions at one scale across the whole site — hold a plug against the screen and it should look familiar.
The chunky three-blade plug of the UK, Ireland, Malta, Cyprus, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia, defined by BS 1363. It is the only common plug that carries its own fuse — typically 3 A for electronics, 13 A for heaters — so the cord is protected even on the UK's high-capacity ring circuits. The long earth blade enters first and opens shutters over the line and neutral holes, which is why nothing else fits a British socket without an adapter.
What fits a Type G socket
Only its own plug — nothing else seats in a Type G socket. Nothing but G fits: the shutters only open for the longer earth blade, so every foreign plug needs an adapter.
Facts verified against IEC World Plugs — Type G. Prose is our own.
Where you'll meet it
- Bahrain230 V
- Bangladesh220 V
- Belize110/220 V
- Bhutan230 V
- Botswana230 V
- Brunei240 V
- Cambodia230 V
- Cyprus240 V
- Dominica230 V
- Falkland Islands240 V
- Gambia230 V
- Ghana230 V
- Gibraltar240 V
- Grenada230 V
- Guyana240 V
- Hong Kong220 V
- Iraq230 V
- Ireland230 V
- Isle of Man240 V
- Jordan230 V
- Kenya240 V
- Kuwait240 V
- Lebanon220 V
- Macau220 V
- Malawi230 V
- Malaysia240 V
- Malta230 V
- Mauritius230 V
- Myanmar230 V
- Nigeria230 V
- Oman240 V
- Pakistan230 V
- Qatar240 V
- Rwanda230 V
- Saint Kitts and Nevis230 V
- Saint Lucia240 V
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines230 V
- Saudi Arabia220/230 V
- Seychelles240 V
- Sierra Leone230 V
- Singapore230 V
- Solomon Islands220 V
- Sri Lanka230 V
- Tanzania230 V
- Uganda240 V
- United Arab Emirates230 V
- United Kingdom230 V
- Vanuatu220 V
- Yemen240 V
- Zambia230 V
- Zimbabwe220 V