E French plug

Two round pins and a hole for the earth pin that sticks out of the socket – France, Belgium, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia.

Standard: CEE 7/5, NF C 61-314
Current: 16 A
Voltage: 220–240 V
Earth: yes
Pins: 2

Type E (CEE 7/5) is used mainly in France, Belgium, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia. What makes it unusual is that the earth contact is a pin protruding from the socket, and the plug has a matching hole. Almost all plugs sold today are the hybrid CEE 7/7 version, which has both the hole for the French pin and the side clips used by German type F sockets – so in practice E and F plugs are interchangeable. Only a pure type F plug without the hole will not go into a type E socket.

What it looks like

Two round pins 4.8 mm thick and 19 mm apart, a hole for the socket's earth pin; the socket is recessed.

The drawings are schematic – they show the pin layout, not the exact dimensions of the standard.

Plugs that fit a type E socket

A type E plug also fits

Where it is used 38

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