UNGROUNDED WALL OUTLET PLUG ADAPTERS

Fortunately, there are plug adapters that can change the configuration of any ungrounded plug to match any ungrounded wall outlet configuration in the world. This is true for both grounded plugs and polarized and non-polarized ungrounded plugs. There are only five (5) ungrounded plug adapters needed for the world. The five (5) ungrounded (2 pins) plug adapters will accept both polarized and non-polarized North American ungrounded (2 pins) plugs. Note: most but not all countries have an ungrounded (2 pin) version of their grounded (3 pin) plug. South Africa is such a country. It does not have an ungrounded version of its wall outlet configuration that would require the WA-10L plug adapter for North American plugs to fit. In such a case, you would just use the grounded plug adapter WA-10L even if your appliance is ungrounded.

You can see images of all five (5) of the ungrounded wall outlet plug adapters here. These plug adapters are the solution to the wall outlet configuration problem. They are country specific on the male side but on the female side they are universal (will accept any foreign plug including the U.S. but excluding South Africa and places that use that same configuration).

The World Electric Guide contains a list of all of the countries of the world and when you click on the name of a country you are shown which grounded and ungrounded plug adapters you will need. There are kits available for every region of the world here. There is also a kit AK-GROU containing just the grounded plug adapters here and another kit AK-UNGR containing just the ungrounded plug adapters here. You can buy a kit AK-WORL that contains all of the grounded and ungrounded plug adapters here.