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How to use plugs from St. Kitts and Nevis in Martinique

Plugs, sockets, adapters and other information needed for travelling from St. Kitts and Nevis to Martinique in this page. If you want a report for other countries, re-start the wizard to find to electric adapters for your trip here.

Quick Chart at-a-glance

  St. Kitts and Nevis Martinique  
Voltage: 230V. 220V. icons/teeth.gif icons/exclamation2.gif  
Plugs Type: D, G. C, D, E. icons/teeth.gif icons/question.gif  
Hertz: 60Hz. 50Hz. icons/note.gif  

If you are electrical savvy, perhaps the previous chart is all you need. If this is not the case, you can continue reading and discover what the chart is saying!

Plugs and Sockets at each country

In St. Kitts and Nevis the following plugs are used: (includes Basseterre.)

St. Kitts and Nevis' Plug Type D St. Kitts and Nevis' Plug Type G
Plug Type D Plug Type G
St. Kitts and Nevis' Outlet Type D St. Kitts and Nevis' Outlet Type G
Outlet Type D Outlet Type G

... and in Martinique you will use: (includes Fort-de-France, St-Pierre, Ste-Anne, Le Diamant, Ste-Luce, Grand-Rivière.)

Martinique' Plug Type C Martinique' Plug Type D Martinique' Plug Type E
Plug Type C Plug Type D Plug Type E
Martinique' Outlet Type C Martinique' Outlet Type D Martinique' Outlet Type E
Outlet Type C Outlet Type D Outlet Type E

Fish Boat

Fish Boat

Voltage

Similar voltage

The voltage is not exact, but the difference is usually tolerable by electrical devices. Its mostly safe to plug your electrical apparatus from St. Kitts and Nevis in Martinique without a voltage adapter. If you have any concerns with a special device i.e. a medical device, you probably want to seek further professional help.

Plugs Type

Some connectors are used in both countries

You will be able to plug the devices directly in Martinique (please read other sections of this reports in regards to voltage, etc.). Perhaps you will need adapters for some sockets, but it is usually easier to find adapters at destination if your plug is already being used in the country. Sometimes different cities uses different systems, you might need to do a bit more of research. If you find more information please let us know.

Adapters

Lists of adapters you can use in your travel:

Adapter: generic

front view of generic adapter to use plugs type A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N from St. Kitts and Nevis in outlets type E, F from Martinique back view of generic adapter to use plugs type A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N from St. Kitts and Nevis in outlets type E, F from Martinique
Front Back

This adapter allows you to use plugs type: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N into outlets type: E, F.

Adapter: generic

front view of generic adapter to use plugs type A, B, D, G, I, M from St. Kitts and Nevis in outlets type C, E, F, L from Martinique back view of generic adapter to use plugs type A, B, D, G, I, M from St. Kitts and Nevis in outlets type C, E, F, L from Martinique
Front Back

This adapter allows you to use plugs type: A, B, D, G, I, M into outlets type: C, E, F, L.

This adapter has a safety protection so you don't plug only one terminal into the adapter while touching the other with your finger, because it is generic, when you buy it pay attention to this safety mechanism. Overall a good adapter that has the earth connection pass-though (notice the metallic connector on the side.)

Adapter: generic

front view of generic adapter to use plugs type G from St. Kitts and Nevis in outlets type E from Martinique back view of generic adapter to use plugs type G from St. Kitts and Nevis in outlets type E from Martinique
Front Back

This adapter allows you to use plugs type: G into outlets type: E.

Adapters you can buy

You can buy the following multi-purpose adapters from Amazon. Please also take a look at the recommended gadgets for your trip.

Hertz

No equal Hertz

This is not a big issue. Unless you are using an electric alarm clock or some motors when speed is an issue. Explanation: Some alarm clocks uses the frequency of electricity network to measure time. So, time shifts could be experimented. Almost every home electronic device works perfectly with different Hertz.

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