# item.guide
Side-by-Side Comparison Plug Types

Type D vs. Type I

Comparing 2 standards across 5 specifications. 5 key differences identified.

Comparing:
Type D
Type I
Type D →

Type D is the old British 5A standard (BS 546, 1934) -- three large round pins in a triangle. It predates and is completely incompatible with the UK's later Type G, and remains the primary domestic standard in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka today.

View full Type D spec sheet →
Type I →

Type I, the Australian/New Zealand standard, uses two flat pins angled in a V-shape plus a flat earth pin. China and Argentina use dimensionally similar but genuinely incompatible variants -- Chinese plugs don't physically fit, and Argentine plugs fit but with reversed polarity.

View full Type I spec sheet →

Specification Comparison Table

5 Parameters
Parameter / Spec
Type D
Type I
Pin Count
3 round pins in a triangle (large, non-coplanar sizing) 2 flat pins in an inverted V + 1 flat earth pin
Rated Current
5 A 10 (15A, 20A, 25A, and 32A variants also exist) A
Rated Voltage
250 V 230 V
Grounded
Yes Yes (2-pin ungrounded version also exists for double-insulated devices)
Common Regions
India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Namibia, and roughly 40 countries with British-influenced history Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

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