Power connector

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A power connector is an electrical connector designed to carry a significant amount of electrical power, usually as DC or low-frequency AC. Some types of RF connector may also carry large amounts of power, but are considered as a separate category. Connectors carrying small amounts of power are known as signal connectors.

  • AC power plugs:
    • Mains power plugs, principally used for connecting equipment to wall outlets. See that article for information about mains electricity plugs around the world as well as information for travellers.
    • Industrial power plugs, used for larger equipment than normal mains plugs.
  • DC plugs
  • Mains inlet connectors, designed to attach a power cable to an appliance, of which the IEC connector (see image below) is the most common
  • Battery connectors
  • Lucar connectors
  • Terminals
  • Terminal blocks
  • Industrial power connectors, of which one of the most common types is
  • Personal computer power supply connectors
    • Molex connector — four pin hard disk drive (HDD) connectors, also used for powering CD-ROM drives, burners etc
    • Berg connector — smaller four pin floppy disk drive (FDD) connectors, also used by some hard drives, and carrying the same power supplies as the HDD connectors
    • AT motherboard connectors consisting of two in-line connectors
    • ATX motherboard connectors which have now obsoleted the older AT-style connectors
    • serial ATA (SATA) power connectors
On the left is a British mains power plug, on the right is an IEC-320 C-13 connector
On the left is a British mains power plug, on the right is an IEC-320 C-13 connector
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../p/o/w/Power_connector.html"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.