Voltage take all: a secret that must be said when traveling around the world - DOACE Direct

Voltage take all: a secret that must be said when traveling around the world

When your plane lands in a foreign land, you excitedly prepare to capture this dreamy moment, only to find that your phone has run out of battery. You took out an American standard plug, but found that the wall socket was unusable. This may be a problem that you have never thought about, but have to face: voltage and plug type.

Basic knowledge of voltage and frequency

Each country and region has its own voltage, frequency, and plug standards. The voltage standard in the United States is 110-120V, with a frequency of 60Hz, using A/B type plugs. However, when you bring these devices to other places, the situation becomes more complex. For example, in Europe, the voltage is usually 220-240V and the frequency is 50Hz, using C/F type plugs. If you directly plug in your device, it may cause damage to the device and even pose a risk of fire.

Common voltage and plug types:

Common voltage and plug types

 

Power adapter and transformer

So, how can we solve this problem? The answer is: power adapter and transformer. A power adapter allows your device to adapt to different plug types, while a transformer can convert voltage. So is there any way to solve these two problems by just buying one product? Of course you can! That is to purchase our DOACE travel converters. It comes with common socket plugs on the market, and is also variable voltage through electronic chips, making it convenient and compact, making it the perfect choice for your travel.

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Voltage, frequency, and plug type in different regions

Next, let's take a look at the voltage, frequency, and plug types of some major tourist destinations. In Europe, most countries use a voltage of 220-240V with a frequency of 50Hz and use C/F type plugs. In Asia, the voltage and frequency are different, for example, in Japan, the voltage is 100V and the frequency is 50/60Hz, using A/B type plugs. In South America, such as Argentina, the voltage is 220V and the frequency is 50Hz, using C/I type plugs. Please refer to the table below for detailed information:

Countries & Regions Plug Type Voltage Hertz
Abu Dhabi G 230 V 50 Hz
Afghanistan C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Albania C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Algeria C / F 230 V 50 Hz
American Samoa A / B / F / I 120 V 60 Hz
Andorra C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Angola C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Anguilla A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Antigua and Barbuda A / B 230 V 60 Hz
Argentina C / I 220 V 50 Hz
Armenia C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Aruba A / B / F 120 V 60 Hz
Australia I 230 V 50 Hz
Austria C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Azerbaijan C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Azores A / B / C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Bahamas A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Bahrain G 230 V 50 Hz
Balearic Islands C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Bangladesh A / C / D / G 220 V 50 Hz
Barbados A / B 115 V 50 Hz
Belarus C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Belgium C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Belize A / B / G 110 V / 220 V 60 Hz
Benin C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Bermuda A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Bhutan C / D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Bolivia A / C 230 V 50 Hz
Bonaire A / C 127 V 50 Hz
Bosnia & Herzegovina C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Botswana D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Brazil C / N 127 V / 220 V 60 Hz
British Virgin Islands A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Brunei G 240 V 50 Hz
Bulgaria C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Burkina Faso C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Burma A / C / D / G / I 230 V 50 Hz
Burundi C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Cambodia A / C / G 230 V 50 Hz
Cameroon C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Canada A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Canary Islands C / E / F 230 V 50 Hz
Cape Verde C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Cayman Islands A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Central African Republic C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Chad C / E / F 220 V 50 Hz
Channel Islands C / G 230 V 50 Hz
Chile C / L 220 V 50 Hz
China A / C / I 220 V 50 Hz
Christmas Island I 230 V 50 Hz
Cocos (Keeling) Islands I 230 V 50 Hz
Colombia A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Comoros C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Congo-Brazzaville C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Congo-Kinshasa C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Cook Islands I 240 V 50 Hz
Costa Rica A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Côte d’Ivoire C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Croatia C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Cuba A / B / C / L 110 V / 220 V 60 Hz
Curaçao A / B 127 V 50 Hz
Cyprus G 230 V 50 Hz
Czech Republic (Czechia) C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Denmark C / E / F / K 230 V 50 Hz
Djibouti C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Dominica D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Dominican Republic A / B / C 120 V 60 Hz
Dubai G 230 V 50 Hz
East Timor  C / E / F / I 220 V 50 Hz
Ecuador A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Egypt C / F 220 V 50 Hz
El Salvador A / B 120 V 60 Hz
England G 230 V 50 Hz
Equatorial Guinea C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Eritrea C / L 230 V 50 Hz
Estonia C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Ethiopia C / F / G 220 V 50 Hz
Faeroe Islands C / E / F / K 230 V 50 Hz
Falkland Islands G 240 V 50 Hz
Fiji I 240 V 50 Hz
Finland C / F 230 V 50 Hz
France C / E 230 V 50 Hz
French Guiana C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Gabon  C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Gambia G 230 V 50 Hz
Gaza Strip C / H 230 V 50 Hz
Georgia C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Germany C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Ghana D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Gibraltar G 230 V 50 Hz
Great Britain (GB) G 230 V 50 Hz
Greece C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Greenland C / E / F / K 230 V 50 Hz
Grenada G 230 V 50 Hz
Guadeloupe C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Guam A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Guatemala A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Guinea C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Guinea-Bissau C / E / F 220 V 50 Hz
Guyana A / B / D / G 120 V / 240 V 60 Hz
Haiti A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Holland  C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Honduras A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Hong Kong G 220 V 50 Hz
Hungary C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Iceland C / F 230 V 50 Hz
India C / D / M 230 V 50 Hz
Indonesia C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Iran C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Iraq C / D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Ireland  G 230 V 50 Hz
Isle of Man C / G 230 V 50 Hz
Israel C / H 230 V 50 Hz
Italy C / F / L 230 V 50 Hz
Jamaica A / B 110 V 50 Hz
Japan A / B 100 V 50 Hz / 60 Hz
Jordan C / D / F / G / J 230 V 50 Hz
Kazakhstan C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Kenya G 240 V 50 Hz
Kiribati I 240 V 50 Hz
Korea, North C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Korea, South C / F 220 V 60 Hz
Kosovo C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Kuwait G 240 V 50 Hz
Kyrgyzstan C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Laos A / B / C / E / F 230 V 50 Hz
Latvia C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Lebanon C / D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Lesotho M 220 V 50 Hz
Liberia A / B / C / F 120 V / 220 V 60 Hz
Libya C / L 230 V 50 Hz
Liechtenstein C / J 230 V 50 Hz
Lithuania C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Luxembourg C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Macau G 220 V 50 Hz
Macedonia, North C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Madagascar C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Madeira C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Malawi G 230 V 50 Hz
Malaysia G 230 V 50 Hz
Maldives C / D / G / L 230 V 50 Hz
Mali C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Malta G 230 V 50 Hz
Marshall Islands A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Martinique  C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Mauritania C / E / F 220 V 50 Hz
Mauritius C / G 230 V 50 Hz
Mayotte C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Mexico A / B 127 V 60 Hz
Micronesia A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Moldova C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Monaco C / E / F 230 V 50 Hz
Mongolia C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Montenegro C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Montserrat A / B 230 V 60 Hz
Morocco C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Mozambique C / F / M 220 V 50 Hz
Myanmar A / C / D / G / I 230 V 50 Hz
Namibia D / M 220 V 50 Hz
Nauru I 240 V 50 Hz
Nepal C / D / M 230 V 50 Hz
Netherlands C / F 230 V 50 Hz
New Caledonia C / E 220 V 50 Hz
New Zealand I 230 V 50 Hz
Nicaragua A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Niger C / D / E 220 V 50 Hz
Nigeria D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Niue I 230 V 50 Hz
Norfolk Island I 230 V 50 Hz
North Cyprus G 230 V 50 Hz
North Korea C / F 220 V 50 Hz
North Macedonia C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Northern Ireland G 230 V 50 Hz
Norway C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Oman G 240 V 50 Hz
Pakistan C / D 230 V 50 Hz
Palau A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Palestine C / H 230 V 50 Hz
Panama A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Papua New Guinea I 240 V 50 Hz
Paraguay A / C 220 V 50 Hz
Peru A / B / C 220 V 60 Hz
Philippines A / B / C 220 V 60 Hz
Pitcairn Islands I 230 V 50 Hz
Poland C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Portugal C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Puerto Rico A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Qatar G 240 V 50 Hz
Réunion C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Romania C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Russia C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Rwanda C / E / F / G 230 V 50 Hz
Saba A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Saint Barthélemy C / E 230 V 60 Hz
Saint Helena G 230 V 50 Hz
Saint Kitts and Nevis D / G 230 V 60 Hz
Saint Lucia G 230 V 50 Hz
Saint Martin C / E 220 V 60 Hz
Saint Pierre and Miquelon C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines A / B / G 110 V / 230 V 50 Hz
Samoa I 230 V 50 Hz
San Marino C / F / L 230 V 50 Hz
São Tomé and Príncipe C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Saudi Arabia G 220 V 60 Hz
Scotland G 230 V 50 Hz
Senegal C / D / E 230 V 50 Hz
Serbia C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Seychelles G 240 V 50 Hz
Sierra Leone D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Singapore G 230 V 50 Hz
Sint Eustatius A / B / C / F 110 V / 220 V 60 Hz
Sint Maarten A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Slovakia C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Slovenia C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Solomon Islands G / I 230 V 50 Hz
Somalia C / G  220 V 50 Hz
Somaliland C / G  220 V 50 Hz
South Africa C / M / N 230 V 50 Hz
South Korea C / F 220 V 60 Hz
South Sudan C / D 230 V 50 Hz
Spain C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Sri Lanka D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Sudan C / D 230 V 50 Hz
Suriname A / B / C / F 127 V / 220 V 60 Hz
Swaziland M 230 V 50 Hz
Sweden C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Switzerland C / J 230 V 50 Hz
Syria C / E / L 220 V 50 Hz
Tahiti C / E 220 V 60 Hz
Taiwan A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Tajikistan C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Tanzania D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Thailand A / B / C / O 230 V 50 Hz
Togo C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Tokelau I 230 V 50 Hz
Tonga I 240 V 50 Hz
Trinidad & Tobago A / B 115 V 60 Hz
Tunisia C / E 230 V 50 Hz
Turkey C / F 230 V 50 Hz
Turkmenistan C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Turks and Caicos Islands A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Tuvalu I 230 V 50 Hz
Uganda G 240 V 50 Hz
Ukraine C / F 230 V 50 Hz
United Arab Emirates G 230 V 50 Hz
United Kingdom (UK) G 230 V 50 Hz
United States of America (USA) A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Uruguay C / F / L 220 V 50 Hz
Uzbekistan C / F 220 V 50 Hz
Vanuatu I 230 V 50 Hz
Vatican City C / F / L 230 V 50 Hz
Venezuela A / B 120 V 60 Hz
Vietnam A / B / C 220 V 50 Hz
Virgin Islands (British) A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Virgin Islands (USA) A / B 110 V 60 Hz
Wales G 230 V 50 Hz
Wallis and Futuna C / E 220 V 50 Hz
West Bank C / H 230 V 50 Hz
Western Sahara C / E 220 V 50 Hz
Yemen A / D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Zambia C / D / G 230 V 50 Hz
Zimbabwe D / G 230 V 50 Hz

Precautions and Tips

Before traveling, be sure to check the voltage, frequency, and plug type of your destination in order to purchase the corresponding power adapter or transformer. In addition, although many modern devices such as laptops and mobile phone chargers can automatically adapt to different voltages and frequencies, it is best to check the labels on the devices to ensure that they can function properly at the destination.

summarize

Understanding the importance of voltage, frequency, and plug type may be a secret you have to know when traveling. Although this may require some research and preparation, believe me, it is very worthwhile. After all, who wants to feel frustrated about power issues while traveling? Bring your DOACE travel converters and explore the world to embark on your adventure!

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