St. Lucia of Windward Islands of the Caribbean is one of the island nations that travelers often dream about. Since it is a popular tourist destination, people who intends to go to St. Lucia of Windward Islands must know the standard voltage used by electronic gadgets ad appliances as well as primary types of electrical outlet and plug in St. Lucia of Windward Islands. In here, the standard voltage is 220-240 volts with a frequency of 50Hz.

There is also the primary type of electrical outlet and plug that is widely used in the households and hotels of St. Lucia of Windward Islands, it is the Type G BS-1363. Most people also bring their electronic gadgets like mp3 players, cameras, laptop computers, and radios with them and to recharge the batteries of these electronic gadgets in St. Lucia of Windward Islands, one must be able to use the electrical outlet in that country.  If the plug of a traveler’s electronic gadget or appliance is not compatible, he or she could use an adapter.  Another important consideration when using the electrical outlet in St. Lucia of Windward Islands is whether the voltage is compatible.

Type G British BS -1363 3-Pin Plug, Electrical Outlet, and Adapter

Type G plug

The Type G electrical plug is a British 3-pin rectangular blade used widely in St. Lucia of Windward Islands. It has a protective fuse inside to protect cords from high-current circuits and, most of the time, the Type G electrical outlet includes a safety switch. The Type G British 3-pin  also has a receptacle end that is compatible with most household plug types, except the Type M South African SABS1661 (Old British BS-546 Large) plug. The plug end is a British BS-1363 13-amp type. For the adapter, the live and neutral pins are 4 x 6 x 18 mm apart, with the grounding pin measuring 4 x 8 x 23mm. In terms of compatibility, the Type G British 3-pin electrical outlet will work together with the Type G British 3-pin plug and adapter in St. Lucia of Windward Islands.

Type G outlet

The plug of this Type G British 3-pin is polarized and grounded but not fused. Also, through the Type G British 3-pin adapter, a tourist could use his or her appliance or electronic gadget in St. Lucia of Windward Islands. Another name for the Type G British 3-pin plug is the 13-amp plug and for safety reasons, the United Kingdom requires electrical outlets in households that use the Type G British 3-pin to have shutters over the live and neutral connections of the electrical outlet. In the insertion of the longer earth pin from the plug, the safety shutters of the Type G British 3-pin are opened. Also one more purpose of the shutters is to prevent the use of incompatible plugs made to other standards.

However, there are cases wherein the safety shutters of this electrical outlet could be opened through a screwdriver in order to insert Type C plugs. But then, the usage of Type G British 3-pin outlet along with another kind of plug is not recommended because these plugs do not have a fuse. The regulation about the safety shutters and fuse is then followed in St. Lucia of Windward Islands and all the other countries that use the type G British 3-pin electrical outlet and plug like United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Ghana, Grenada, Macau, Malta, Malaysia, Qatar, Saint Vincent, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Wales, Yemen, Botswana, Bahrain, Saint Lucia, Oman, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Type G adapter

With all the safety measures and features of this plug and outlet, it is considered as one of the safest in the St. Lucia of Windward Islands, even the world. However, with all its features, this type of plug is bulky and cumbersome. Some people claim that the Type G British 3-pin plug is mostly bigger than the appliances they are connected to but if tourists would want to use their electronic gadget or appliance in St. Lucia of Windward Islands, then they must have a Type G British 3-pin adapter. Although the adapter would not change the voltage used, it will enable the plug of the appliance or electronic gadget to be inserted to the electrical outlet used in St. Lucia of Windward Islands. For the electrical outlet, the Type G British 3-pin sockets are not compatible with other types of electrical outlet.

Voltage Converters

Voltage Converter

In St. Lucia of Windward Islands, if the the wrong plug is inserted in the wrong electrical outlet or the voltage does not match, there could be some real damage to the appliance or electronic gadget. In worse cases, this might even cause electrocution. It is important to know the proper voltage, electrical outlet, plugs, and adapters to use when visiting St. Lucia of Windward Islands and other countries because sometimes these electric requirements vary depending on the location. If the voltage of the appliance or electronic gadget to be used in St. Lucia of Windward Islands does not match its 110-120 volts requirement, a tourist in St. Lucia of Windward Islands would need a voltage converter.

Transformer

There are three kinds of voltage converters available: the transformer, the network-resistor converter, and the combination of these two. For laptop computers, cameras, mp3 players, and charging of batteries in St. Lucia of Windward Islands, the recommended voltage converter to be used is the transformer as it has a lower maximum watt rating of 50 to 100 watts and it could be used continuously although it could be heavy because of the large iron rods and copper wires inside. The resistor-network converter could support 50-1600 watts and are often used for a short period of time and in light-weight electrical appliances like hair dryers and iron. The combination network-resistor converter and transformer device usually comes with a switch so a tourist using it in St. Lucia of Windward Islands to convert voltage could just choose which mode to use.

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