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Plugs for travelling from Peru to Netherlands

Plugs, adapters, and other electrical information for travelling to Netherlands from Peru.

Quick chart at a glance

	Peru	Netherlands
Voltage:	220V.	230V.
Plugs Type:	A, B, C.	C, F.
Hertz:	60Hz.	50Hz.

Chart Explanation

If you are an electrical savvy, perhaps the previous chart is all you need. If this is not your situation, you can continue reading for discovering what that chart implies!

Plugs and Sockets at each country

In Peru the following plugs are used:


Plug Type A	Plug Type B	Plug Type C

Outlet Type A	Outlet Type B	Outlet Type C

... and in Netherlands you will use:


Plug Type C	Plug Type F

Outlet Type C	Outlet Type F

Details

Voltage

Similar voltage

The voltage is not exact, but the difference is tolerable. Its safe to plug your aparatus in Netherlands without any risk. Congratulations, you will not need any adapter of voltage.

Plugs Type

Some connectors used in both countries

Some connectors are used in both countries. Perhaps you need to get advices about what connectors are used exactly in the city, region were are you going to. At third world countries its common not to have a standard plug system all over the country. Anyway, as a rule of thumb, it will be easy to get adapters to different plug systems used within the country.

Adapters

Lists of adapters you can use in your travel.

Adapter: generic1

This adapter allows you to use plugs type: A, B into outlets type: C, E, F, L.


Front	Back

Adapter: generic1

This adapter allows you to use plugs type: A, B, D, G, M into outlets type: C, E, F, L.


Front	Back

Hertz

No equal hertz

This is not a big issue. Unless you are using an electric alarm clock and you have to wake up early!. Explanation: Some alarm clocks (not the battery powered ones, the ones that you have to plug to the wall outlet) uses the frequency of electricity to measure time. So, time shifts could be experimented. For more information about alarm clocks hertz shift click here. Apart this issue, almost every home electronic device works perfectly with different hertz.