Key:socket:*

Prefix socket:*
Description
Socket properties of a charging station Error creating thumbnail:
Group: power
Used on these elements
Useful combination
amenity=charging_station man_made=charge_point amenity=device_charging_station power=outlet
See also
power_supply=*
Status: de facto
taginfo: socket:*

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This page describes a key prefix rather than a simple key.

This key may be used anywhere that electric power is supplied for the public or customers. It specifies the type and number of sockets that can be used concurrently. Likely uses are in electric vehicle charging stations, mains hook-ups in campsites, and shore-power connections for boats. It is also often used to indicate mobile phone and other small devices charging interfaces (USB-A, etc.)

How to map

For any relevant object and each socket type, further tag the number socket:<type> and any other attributes socket:<type>:*.

Do not tag socket=*, as it is without meaning or definition.

Tags

Key	Value	Description	Photo
socket:type	Availability of socket type, either specific count as integral numeric (e.g., 2) or non-specific yes. Sometimes no is also used to specify that some socket type is not present, when it would otherwise be expected.	Availability, preferably count, of the sockets of the specified type that can be used concurrently at that charging station.
socket:type:output	Power, numeric plus unit; e.g., 50 kW.	The maximum power that can be sourced from a single socket of the specified type at that charging station. Depending on the socket, the typical units can be W, kW or MW. A unit should be added for clarity, but if it is omitted, kW should be assumed.	Regulatory label on an EV charging station displaying output, current, and voltage.
socket:type:current	Current, numeric; e.g., 16.	The maximum current that can be sourced from a single socket of the specified type at that charging station. The units are amperes, but not explicitly added to the value.
socket:type:voltage	Voltage in volts, numeric plus optional unit, without thousands delimiters; e.g., 400.	The maximum voltage delivered. The value is given in volt, but not explicitly added to the value.

List of socket types

<type>	Usage	Photo	Symbol	Country	Description	Count
unknown					The socket type is unknown. Only use this value if no further information is available – a more specific value is preferred.
multi		Error creating thumbnail:			A type of socket that can accept multiple types of plugs.
cee_blue	Industrial	Error creating thumbnail:		Europe	IEC 60309 P+N+E, 6h earth pin, blue, 220–240 V AC, 16 A, colloquially known as CEE blue or a caravan socket. Commonly used for power supply in camping sites in Europe. There are similar sockets of different current ratings that are used more rarely. These can be tagged explicitly in a similar way to the CEE red sockets, e.g. cee_blue_32a.
cee_red_16a	Industrial			Germany Error creating thumbnail: Poland	IEC 60309 3P+N+E, 6h earth pin, red, 350–415 V AC, 16, 32, 63, 125 A, colloquially known as CEE red. There are different sizes for each current rating, with those for more current being larger. Plugs and sockets of different current ratings are not compatible.
cee_red_32a	Industrial	Error creating thumbnail:
cee_red_63a	Industrial	link=https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Dornbirn-Extension cable with 63A-CEE socket-06ASD.jpg
cee_red_125a	Industrial
cee	Industrial				"CEE" is a standard that defines dozens of different connectors. Please specify the precise connector.
as3123_3pin	Industrial	Error creating thumbnail:		Australia Error creating thumbnail: New Zealand Oceania Error creating thumbnail: Antarctica	AS/NZS 3123 socket, 250 V AC, 10 A, 20 A, 32 A. 3 pins (single phase, neutral and earth).
as3123_4pin	Industrial	Error creating thumbnail:			AS/NZS 3123 socket, 415–500 V AC, 10 A to 200 A. 4 pins (three phase and earth; no neutral). Less common than the 5-pin variant.
as3123_5pin	Industrial	Error creating thumbnail:	File:AS NZS 3123 - Group 9 - 40A 3ph socket.svg		AS/NZS 3123 socket, 415–500 V AC, 10 A to 200 A. 5 pins (three phase, earth and neutral).
powerlock	Industrial	Error creating thumbnail:			Error creating thumbnail: Powerlock: 1000 V AC, 400/660 A. 5-pin over 5 separate cables: 3P+N+E. Used to connect generators and transformers at large events venues. Also used to supply Error creating thumbnail: shorepower to cruise ships and container ships, and to charge electric boats.
camlock	Industrial	Error creating thumbnail:			Error creating thumbnail: Camlock: 1000 V AC, 150/400 A. 5-pin over 5 separate cables: 3P+N+E. Used to connect generators and transformers at large events venues. Also used to supply Error creating thumbnail: shorepower to cruise ships and container ships, and to charge electric boats.
type1	Car	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	File:Flag of US.svg United States Canada	IEC 62196-2 Type 1 or SAE J1772-2009 plug, colloquially known as Yazaki, Level 1: 120 V AC, 16 A; or Level 2: 240 V AC, 80 A. The cable is permanently attached to the charging station and plugged into a lockable receptacle on the vehicle. Commonly used in the USA. Most public charging stations in the US provide Level 2 charging at up to 30 A but some are limited to 16 A.
type1_cable	Car			File:Flag of US.svg United States Canada	Use type1 instead. The cable is always attached to the charger, so no disambiguation is needed.
type1_combo	Car	Error creating thumbnail:	File:Type1-ccs.svg	File:Flag of US.svg United States Canada	IEC 62196-2 Type 1, IEC 62196-3 configuration EE or SAE J1772-2009 combined charging system (CCS) plug, with 2, larger, extra pins for DC charging.
type2	Car			Australia Europe Error creating thumbnail: Iceland Error creating thumbnail: Norway UK	IEC 62196-2 Type 2, or VDE-AR-E 2623-2-2 plug, colloquially known as Mennekes. Common in Europe. May have "AC" labelling to distinguish from Tesla chargers using visually similar set of pins. This tag should be used if there is no cable permanently attached to the charger, but has been used for stations with cable as well. You can use socket:type2_cable=no in combination with e.g. socket:type2=3 to clearly indicate that all 3 type2 connectors are cableless.
type2_cable	Car	Error creating thumbnail:			IEC 62196-2 Type 2, or VDE-AR-E 2623-2-2 plug, colloquially known as Mennekes. Common in Europe. May have "AC" labelling to distinguish from Tesla chargers using visually similar set of pins. This tag should be used if there is a cable permanently attached to the charger. Before the addition of this value (in June 2020), objects will have used the value type2. There is no impediment to any resurvey or update to such tagging.
type2_combo	Car	Error creating thumbnail:			IEC 62196-2 Type 2, IEC 62196-3 configuration FF, or VDE-AR-E 2623-2-2, combined charging system (CCS) plugs, with 2, larger, extra pins for DC charging. The cable is permanently affixed to the charging station and plugged into a receptacle on the vehicle. This tag includes CCS charging at Tesla Supercharger stations.
ccs	Car			Worldwide	CCS is a standard for different connectors of vehicle charging. "CCS" is not the name of any specific connector, use type1, type1_combo, type2, type2_cable or type2_combo instead.
type3a	Car			Error creating thumbnail: France Italy	IEC 62196-2 Type 3, or EV Plug Alliance, socket. Two versions widely used. The type3a is the single phase version.
type3c	Car		Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail: France	IEC 62196-2 Type 3, or EV Plug Alliance, socket. Two versions widely used. The type3c is the 3 phase version.
type3	Car			Error creating thumbnail: France	Don't use. Specify the precise socket: Either type3a or type3c.
gb_ac	Car	Error creating thumbnail:		China Belarus Error creating thumbnail: Russia	GB/T 20234.2-2015 AC plug, colloquially known as national standard (国标, guó biāo) and slow charge. Attention: Even though it looks a lot like Type 2, it is the reverse of Type 2. There is tongue piece in the holes of GB plug, and nothing in the holes of Type 2 plug.
gb_dc	Car	File:BYD, Koenigsplatz, IAA 2025, Munich (20250909-P1050642).jpg			GB/T 20234.3-2023 DC plug, colloquially known as national standard (国标, guó biāo) and fast charge. IEC 62196-3 refers to this as configuration BB.
chaoji	Car		Error creating thumbnail:		Error creating thumbnail: ChaoJi a.k.a. "CHAdeMO 3.0" GB/T 20234.4-2023 High power DC charging coupler. 1000/1500V, 10-800A.
chademo	Car	Error creating thumbnail:		Error creating thumbnail: Japan File:Flag of US.svg United States Australia Europe Error creating thumbnail: Iceland UK Canada	IEC 62196-2 Type 4, IEC 62196-3 configuration AA, or JEVS G105-1993, colloquially CHAdeMO. The cable is permanently affixed to the charging station and plugged into a lockable receptacle on the vehicle. A Japanese standard that provides fast DC charging not available in the other base IEC 62196-2 types, but likely to be supplanted by the IEC 62196-2 combo connectors.
nacs	Car		Error creating thumbnail:	File:Flag of US.svg United States Canada Error creating thumbnail: Mexico Error creating thumbnail: Puerto Rico Error creating thumbnail: Japan File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Error creating thumbnail: Taiwan (Rep. of China) Error creating thumbnail: Hong Kong SAR	NACS (North American Charging System) plug for AC and DC charging, standardized as SAE J3400.
tesla_supercharger	Car				Please do not use these values. Please use: socket:nacs=* in North America socket:type2_cable=* or socket:type2_combo=* in the EU, Australia, New Zealand etc. socket:gb_ac=* or socket:gb_dc=* in China For Tesla specific information see brand=* or network=*
tesla_destination	Car
tesla_supercharger_ccs	Car
tesla_standard	Car
tesla	Car
tesla_roadster	Car				Used for the proprietary charging socket used on the Tesla Roadstar. Extremely rare.
magne_charge	Car	External link			Error creating thumbnail: Magne charge (J1773) is a largely obsolete inductive charging system. Included for the sake of completeness.
type6	Light Electric Vehicle, Rickshaw, Car	Ola Type 6 charger	Type 6 socket Type 6 socket	Error creating thumbnail: India	The Type 6 connector (LEVDC) is a specific standard (IEC 62196-6 or IS17017-2-6) primarily used for DC fast charging of light electric vehicles (electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers) in India. The Type 6 connectors support DC fast charging up to 12 kW, with current ratings available up to 125 A for vehicles with larger battery packs.
type7	Light Electric Vehicle	Ather Type 7 charger Ather Type 7 charger	Type 7 socket	Error creating thumbnail: India File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal Error creating thumbnail: Sri Lanka	The Ather-developed Type 7 (LECCS) connector, officially designated under the Bureau of Indian Standards as IS17017 (Part 2 / Sec 7): 2023, is known as the Light Electric Combined Charging System (LECCS). The type7 is the single phase (3.3KW/6KW DC) version.
mcs	Medium & Heavy Vehicles	File:Vestel, IAA Summit 2025, Munich (20250908-P1049544).jpg	Error creating thumbnail:	Worldwide	Megawatt Charging System (MCS) on Wikipedia used for upcoming large battery electric vehicles.
j3105-1	Medium & Heavy Vehicles	Error creating thumbnail:			Error creating thumbnail: SAE_J3105-1 a.k.a. "Cross Rail": Charging system for trucks/buses – 4 contacts in a square arrangement on a pantograph mounted overhead; the pantograph is lowered onto the vehicle's roof where orthogonally arranged receptacle lines are (hence the cross pattern in schematics). Output 150–850 VDC, 150–600 kW (in some cases[which?], 1200 kW).
j3105-2	Medium & Heavy Vehicles	Error creating thumbnail:			Error creating thumbnail: SAE_J3105-2 a.k.a. "Bus up": Charging system for trucks/buses — 4 contacts in a linear arrangement on a dome mounted overhead; the pantograph is provided by the vehicle and raised into the dome. Output 150–850 VDC, 50–600 kW.
ropd	Bicycle		Error creating thumbnail:	Germany Error creating thumbnail: Czechia	RoPD® - Rosenberger Power Data Connectors. This plug system is currently (2020-03) installed in the charging stations of "bike-energy". It is mainly used for charging bicycles.
bikeenergy	Bicycle				"Bike Energy" is an operator of bicycle charging infrastructure, but not a socket type. Their stations are equipped with ropd.
bosch_3pin	Bicycle		Error creating thumbnail:		Bosch charging connector. It is mainly used for charging bicycles. This key is used for the 3-pin variant, typically outputting 36 V and 4 A.
bosch_5pin	Bicycle		Error creating thumbnail:		Bosch charging connector. It is mainly used for charging bicycles. This key is used for the 5-pin variant, typically outputting 36 V and 6 A.
shimano_steps_5pin	Bicycle				Shimano Steps charging connector. It is mainly used for charging bicycles, typically outputting 40 V and 4.4 A (or 42 V and 4 A).
xlr_3pin_cable	Bicycle	Error creating thumbnail:	XLR male connector symbol		XLR charging connector. It is mainly used for charging bicycles. This key is used for the 3-pin variant.
domestic	Domestic				General type of AC power socket for indoor use. Specifics differ per region and implementation. Only use this value if no further information is available – a more specific value is preferred.
typeb	Domestic				Don't use. IEC type B domestic sockets are tagged as nema_5_15
typec	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail: Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail: Symbol for the Type C (CEE 7/1) socket	Europe	Domestic socket used in Europe. IEC Type C, commonly known as the Europlug, 2-pole connector rated 2.5 A and 250 V. No protective earth, making it compatible with plugs that are designed to receive grounding, such as Schuko plugs (CEE 7/4), French plugs (CEE 7/6), and Class Ⅱ Italian plug (CEE 7/17).
typee	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:		Error creating thumbnail: France Belgium File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Morocco Error creating thumbnail: Tunisia Error creating thumbnail: Poland Error creating thumbnail: Czechia Error creating thumbnail: Slovakia	Domestic socket used in France, Belgium, Monaco, Morocco, Tunisia, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia. IEC type E, or CEE 7/5 socket (taking a CEE 7/6 or CEE 7/7 plug), 220–230 V AC, 16 A. Many plugs (types CEE 7/7, 7/16 and 7/17) are compatible with schuko by additionally having grounding on the sides or having no grounding.
typek	Domestic	File:K plug.jpg		Error creating thumbnail: Denmark Error creating thumbnail: Greenland	IEC type K domestic socket
typeL	Domestic			Italy Error creating thumbnail: Chile	Domestic socket. Often combined with other connector types in one socket.
nema_1_15	Domestic	File:A plug.jpg Error creating thumbnail:		North America South America Error creating thumbnail: Asia	IEC type A or NEMA 1-15R receptacle, accepting NEMA 1-15P plugs, 110–127 V AC, 15 A. Nearly identical to NEMA 5-15R receptacles below, except these don't have ground pins. Commonly used in the Americas and Asia.
nema_5_15	Domestic			North America South America Error creating thumbnail: Asia	IEC type B or NEMA 5-15R receptacle, and NEMA 5-20R receptacle, accepting NEMA 5-15P plugs, 110–127 V AC, 15 A. Commonly used in the Americas and Asia.
nema_5_20	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:		File:Flag of US.svg United States	Similar in appearance to NEMA-5-15, but has a T-shaped socket on one side, and can supply a higher current. Compatible with NEMA 5-15P plugs. Many older ChargePoint stations have one of these behind the locking front panel.
nema_14_30	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:		File:Flag of US.svg United States	NEMA 14-30 2P+N+E, 208 V or 240 V AC, 30 A. L-shaped neutral blade.
nema_14_50	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:		NEMA 14-50 2P+N+E AC, 208 V or 240 V, 50 A. Straight neutral blade. Offered in some places.
nema_TT_30	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:			NEMA TT-30 120 V, 30 A for recreational vehicles
schuko	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Germany Error creating thumbnail: Spain Algeria Error creating thumbnail: Mozambique Error creating thumbnail: Russia Error creating thumbnail: Mongolia Error creating thumbnail: Iran Afghanistan File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea Error creating thumbnail: Indonesia	IEC type F, or CEE 7/3 socket (taking a CEE 7/4 plug), also known as Schuko (or Siemens in Italy), 220–240 V AC, 16 A. Developed in Germany, used in most European countries and some in Africa and Asia. Can be compatible with typee by additionally having a pin/hole on the front side.
bs1363	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:		UK	IEC type G, or BS 1363 socket, 220–240 V AC, 13 A. Used in UK and many Commonwealth country domestic premises.
as3112	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:		Australia Error creating thumbnail: New Zealand Error creating thumbnail: Fiji Tonga Error creating thumbnail: Papua New Guinea Error creating thumbnail: Solomon Islands Argentina Error creating thumbnail: Antarctica	IEC type I, or AS/NZS 3112 socket, 220–240 V AC, 10 A, 15 A (longer earth pin)
gb1002	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:		China	IEC type I, 250V AC, 10/16A; IEC type A, 250V AC, 10A. The latest standard is GB 1002-2024, and the old GB/T 1002-2008 socket is shown in the picture.
sev1011_t13	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail: Switzerland	SEV 1011 Type 13 socket, 230 V AC, 10 A. Also known as IEC type J.
sev1011_t15	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:		Error creating thumbnail: Switzerland	SEV 1011 Type 15 socket, 230/400 V AC, 10 A.
sev1011_t23	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:		Error creating thumbnail: Switzerland	SEV 1011 Type 23 socket, 230 V AC, 16 A (rectangular pins).
sev1011_t25	Domestic	Error creating thumbnail:		Error creating thumbnail: Switzerland	SEV 1011 Type 25 socket, 230/400 V AC, 16 A (rectangular pins).
device:USB-A	Devices	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:		USB-A socket to plug in charger cable e.g. for mobile phones
device:micro-b	Devices	Error creating thumbnail:			A USB-B micro connector on a cable
device:USB-C	Devices		Error creating thumbnail:		USB-C socket to plug in charger cable e.g. for mobile phones and laptops
device:USB-C_cable	Devices				USB-C cable to plug directly into a device
device:lightning	Devices	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:		Apple Lightning socket to plug in charger cable for Apple mobile phones and laptops
device:qi-wireless	Devices	Error creating thumbnail:	Error creating thumbnail:		Qi inductive charging wireless power pad e.g. for mobile phones

Maps

The MapComplete charging theme offers support for plugtypes, voltage outputs, ... and keeps a list of the charging types, typical outputs and icons.