Type I.
- Pins
- 3
- Spacing
- 14 mm
- Pin length
- 17.35 mm
- Rated
- 10 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 slanted-blade plug of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Argentina and (as the domestic standard) China, defined by AS/NZS 3112. Two flat 6.35 × 1.6 mm blades sit at 30 degrees off vertical in a V, with a matching vertical earth blade below — the socket looks faintly startled. The everyday rating is 10 A; a 15 A variant with a wider earth blade exists, and a standard 10 A plug fits a 15 A socket but not the reverse.
What fits a Type I socket
Only its own plug — nothing else seats in a Type I socket. An unearthed two-blade version exists and fits the same sockets; Australian and Chinese plugs interchange, though China mounts sockets earth-up.
Facts verified against IEC World Plugs — Type I. Prose is our own.