Originally Posted by aussie240


Just to clarify this, the Australian plug is an obsolete U.S design; so old in fact it has no NEMA classification.
Apparently, it wasn't popular in the U.S because of incompatibility with the parallel pin plugs, hence it died out with NEMA 5-15 replacing it.



At my mom's house, we have a few of these providing 240VAC 60Hz 15 amp (no neutral, both angled pins are hot, and the ground is ground). [Linked Image from geocities.com] It provides power to a radio like this one: [Linked Image from geocities.com] Which doesn't mind it being 60Hz vs 50Hz.