Perfect, Peter - I must have overlooked that information. This is really useful, thanks.
best, Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* (he/him or they/them) Trust and Safety Specialist Wikimedia Foundation On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 at 00:59, Peter Southwood <peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > The information is on the Wikivoyage page > https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook > > I have expanded the section at > https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Orientation#Power to include the > same information > > I repeat it here for convenience, but without the images. > > > > There are two different power socket types in South Africa. The most > common is the large three pronged SANS 164-1 16 A type M. The second type > widely used in South Africa is the flat two pinned Europlug. The SANS > 164-2 three pronged plug has recently been adopted as an official standard > but is not yet in common use. The main venue has sockets that accept all > three of these, but the three-pin type M is in common use all over South > Africa, but almost nowhere else. > > > > For a detailed description of the 230 volt / 50 hertz (Europlug, Type M, > (BS 546 15 Amp) and IEC 60906-1, see the Wikipedia article > > > > *The type M three-pin 15 Amp socket is found almost everywhere in SA*. > The IEC 60906-1 is the new standard, to be phased in over about 50 years, > so is generally only found in new buildings. It accepts Europlug without > needing an adaptor. *Adaptors from Europlug to Type M are easily > available at hardware stores and supermarkets*, as are adaptors from most > other international household connection systems to Type M. > > > > The major exception is for the Australian, New Zealand and Chinese plugs. > Adaptors for these are relatively difficult to find and expensive. Try to > bring your own adaptor if you have these plugs. > > *If in doubt, bring an adaptor from whatever you have to Europlug, and get > another adaptor from Europlug to Type M locally if you find you need it.* > > > > *The conference venue has combination outlets which have IEC 60906-1 > Europlug compatible sockets and Type M 15 Amp sockets.* > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > *From:* Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On > Behalf Of *Joe Sutherland > *Sent:* 05 July 2018 07:59 > *To:* Wikimania-l > *Subject:* [Wikimania-l] Plugs in South Africa > > > > Hey all - asking this here since I imagine others may have the same > question :) > > > > There are apparently three types of plug used in South Africa. Which of > them is most widely used in Cape Town? > > > > thanks! > > Joe > > > > -- > > *Joe Sutherland* (he/him or they/them) > > Trust and Safety Specialist > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > [image: Image removed by sender.] > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > Virus-free. www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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