Mains plug

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[edit] America

Brazilian plugs.

First electric plug patent in US (Harvey Hubbell, inventor)

American 2 pin plug and socket

American 3 pin plug and socket

[edit] Australasia

Australian plug and socket

Israeli plug and socket.

Two Israeli type H plugs and one type H socket.

[edit] Europe

It should be noted that French and German here refer to the main countries using the two socket systems but those plugs and sockets are used elsewhere, for example Belgium uses French plugs and the Netherlands uses German plugs.

Europlug: unearthed low current (max. 2.5 A) connector designed to fit most European sockets.	Hybrid German/French plug CEE 7-7.	German/French non-earthed 16A plug CEE 7/17.	German/French non-earthed 16A plug CEE 7/17.
French-only plug.	French plug and socket.	German-only rewirable plug CEE 7-4.	German-only rewirable plug CEE 7-4.
German plug and socket.	German Schuko plug with Safety-Symbols visible.	Danish plug and socket	Italian plug and socket
Inside of Italian plug	Outside of Italian plug	Swiss plug and socket	UK earthed plug.
UK plug and socket	UK plug	Old UK 5A (BS546) plug and socket	Old UK 15A (BS546) plug and socket
The old greek earth standard, consisting of three pins, abandoned by 1995	Power plug 16-20A