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TYPES

  • AC power plugs:

  • --- Mains Power Plug s, principally used for connecting equipment to wall outlets. See that article for information about mains electricity plugs around the world as well as information for travellers.

  • --- Industrial Power Plug s, used for larger equipment than normal mains plugs.

  • DC Plug s

  • Mains inlet connectors, designed to attach a power cable to an appliance, of which the IEC Connector (see image below) is the most common

  • Battery connectors

  • Lucar Connector s

  • Terminals

  • Terminal blocks

  • Industrial power connectors, of which one of the most common types is

  • ---the IEC 309 ( BS 4343 ) so-called "commando" plug and socket.

  • Personal Computer Power Supply connectors

  • --- Molex Connector — four pin Hard Disk drive (HDD) connectors, also used for powering CD-ROM drives, burners etc

  • --- Berg Connector — smaller four pin Floppy Disk drive (FDD) connectors, also used by some hard drives, and carrying the same power supplies as the HDD connectors

  • --- AT motherboard connectors consisting of two in-line connectors

  • --- ATX motherboard connectors which have now obsoleted the older AT-style connectors

  • --- Serial ATA (SATA) power connectors