French heavy duty
plugs and sockets
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In hardware stores in France you can find three types of heavy duty plugs and sockets rated for 400V, a voltage that makes sense for three-phase devices (see nos. 2 and 6). Also two single phase devices will withstand this voltage, but they are presumably used in a standard domestic 230V network (see also the adapter plug no. 4). Each of the items shown below are produced by the Legrand corporation.

 

F-20A socket F-20A 3-phase socket F-32A socket F-32A socket
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F-20A plug
 F-20A 3-phase plug F-32A plug security label

1, 5 Socket and plug rated up to 400V, 20A (single phase).
2, 6 Socket and plug rated up to 400V, three-phase, 20A. Single phase 20A plugs (no.5) do not fit in three-phase 20A sockets.
3, 7 Socket and plug rated up to 400V, 32A (single phase).
4 Adapter plug which makes a 20A socket (no. 1) accessible for type E 16A plugs, the standard domestic type of plug in France.
8 Sockets and adapter plugs have to be equipped with child safely shutters according to the new (i.e. 2001) French regulations.


 

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