Formerly known as Pleasant Island, Nauru is an island country in Micronesia in the South Pacific. The standard voltage used in Nauru is 220-240 volts and the primary electrical outlet type is the Type I Australian AS-3112. These are some of the basic things that tourists going to Nauru should know.

There are adapters and voltage converters that could be used by tourists in Nauru to maximize the use of their appliances and electronic gadgets like laptop computers, mobile phones, mp3 players, cameras and battery chargers. The adapters will alter the shape of the plug so that it could work safely and efficiently with the electrical outlet in Nauru while the voltage converter will alter the voltages so that they would be compatible.

Type I Australian AS-3112 Adapter, Plug, and Electrical Outlet

Type I plug and outlet

The blade contacts of the Type I Australia AS-3112 are 6.5 x 1.6mm with a phase and neutral blade angled at 30 degrees to vertical at a nominal pitch of 13.7mm. This standard plug of Nauru is also polarized and grounded. The Type I Australian AS-3112 electrical outlet and plug is commonly used in Nauru and other countries in the Pacific area. It is the standard in most houses in Nauru and it is also slightly similar to the Chinese CPCS-CCC and the Argentine IRAM electrical outlet.

These three sockets are interchangeable and are classified under the unofficial “Type I” category. This plug in Nauru features a grounding pin and two flat prongs that form a V-shape. Moreover, the receptacle end of this Type I Australian AS-3112 can accept any standard household plug type in Nauru except the Type M South African SABS1661, also known as the Old British BS-546 Large plug. However, there is also an ungrounded version of the Type I plug that only has two flat V-shaped prongs, but the electrical outlet is always three-pinned. The Type I plug has other variants that include 15 A, 20 A, 25 A, and 32 A.

Type I adapter

The batteries of electronic gadgets must be charged through an electrical outlet and when the plugs do not match, an adapter that is compatible with the Type I outlet must be used. Aside from Nauru, other countries that use the Type I Australian AS-3112 are Argentina, China (mainland except Taiwan), Papua New Guinea, Uruguay, Fiji, and Tokelau (the Union Islands).

In addition, people who are going to Nauru would need a voltage converter and plug adapters for their appliance and electronic gadgets if it does not run on a 220-240 voltage. Most American electronics use 110-120 voltage so if these are to be used in Nauru, some of the ways to make it work safely and efficiently are using a transformer, a resistor-network converter, or a combination converter.

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