Electrical products have become indispensable in everyday use. That is why the electric plug today is the subject that we use every day.
Types of sockets and plugs
In any modern outlet there are three contacts: phase (main, it is through it that voltage is supplied to the device); zero (neutral, produces a return flow of energy from the device to the source); grounding (protective, carries out a duplex of a neutral wire).
Key parameters of forks
Any plug connected to the device has many parameters. Of particular importance to any consumer are the following:
- Number of teeth available. As for electrical appliances that are produced for European countries, any electric plug for such a device has 2 teeth. Distinctive features have all the American technology, where 3 contacts.
- The form. The most common options are a round, square, flat electric plug.
- Design. You can distinguish such species as cast and those that need to be assembled independently. The second option includes a collapsible electric plug. Its advantage is the availability of the ability to change the wire to a new one if necessary.
- Standard (used in Europe and America).
The modern connection of the plugs is made of plastic, which is impact resistant. This fact determines the long life of devices with such a plug. At the same time, you should not just focus on reliability. Any electric plug should be convenient to use and safe for the user.
Safety is one of the key factors that is given the main role in the production process of products such as electric plugs. This is achieved through the use of advanced developments and the latest technology.
Grounding plug
An example of such a device, which is endowed with all of the above features, can be an electric plug with grounding. More recently, during the times of the former USSR, an ordinary user of electrical appliances had no idea what grounding was. All because in ordinary houses it was not. In order to install the socket, it was just necessary to connect wires to the fiberboard contacts.
Today, almost any electrical appliance has a plug on which grounding is present. But for it to work, you must have a third wire, which is absent in most houses of the old buildings. That is why, before the electric plug in which grounding is present, is connected by you to any electrical appliance, make sure that there is a 3rd wire in your home network.
Now, having figured out what an electric plug is, and what types it happens, you can safely begin to replace them with old electrical appliances. Just do not forget to take into account the power of the device itself, choosing a new plug for it. The right fork will serve you for many years.