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

Type H vs. Type I

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

Comparing:
Type H
Type I
Type H →

Type H is Israel's own standard, used almost nowhere else -- one of the most geographically limited plug types in the world. A 1989 round-pin revision replaced the original flat-pin design, and modern sockets accept both, plus the ungrounded Europlug.

View full Type H 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 H
Type I
Pin Count
3 pins, Y-shaped arrangement (older: flat; 1989 revision: round, same positions) 2 flat pins in an inverted V + 1 flat earth pin
Rated Current
16 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
Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip only Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands

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