How to use plugs from United Kingdom in Sri Lanka

Plugs, sockets, adapters and other information needed for travelling from United Kingdom to Sri Lanka 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

	United Kingdom	Sri Lanka
Voltage:	230V.	230V.
Plugs Type:	G, D, M.	D, M, G.
Hertz:	50Hz.	50Hz.

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 United Kingdom the following plugs are used: (includes London, Bath, Oxford, Cambridge, Brighton.)


Plug Type G	Plug Type D	Plug Type M

Outlet Type G	Outlet Type D	Outlet Type M

Considerations for the United Kingdom

It is likely you will only find plugs-type "G" in the UK. Plugs type "D" and "M" are considered "old" and not common. They are are still used nowadays to differentiate low-power lighting circuits. So please don't try to use an adapter on them for high-power equipments like hair-dryer or even battery chargers.
We keep "D" and "M" plugs in our database as we don't know your exact destination and you might find one next to a bed table. As a rule of thumb, you will probably be fine with the type "G" in hotels and big cities.

... and in Sri Lanka you will use: (includes Colombo, Galle, Kandy, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Jaffna, Nuwara Eliya.)


Plug Type D	Plug Type M	Plug Type G

Outlet Type D	Outlet Type M	Outlet Type G

Port

Voltage

Exact voltage

Perfect! This is very good! You will not need any sort of voltage adapter (they are always big, heavy and they can't handle too much energy. i.e. might have problems with hairdryers). You can plug your devices to the electric network grid in Sri Lanka without requiring a voltage adapter.

Plugs Type

Same connectors

Ideal situation, all the connectors used in United Kingdom are also used in Sri Lanka. You will not need any adapter (but please check voltages and the other sections of this report). Congratulations!!!!

Adapters

Lists of adapters you can use in your travel:

Adapter: generic


Front	Back

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

This adapter is extremely generic without loose terminal and finger protection, it does have earth pass-though which is a good thing; but it will not have a good grip because it support so many different plug types in only three generic slots; we don't recommend this adapter unless no better alternative can be found. i.e. a more expensive one.

Adapter: generic


Front	Back

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

This is a very cheap adapter without loose terminal and finger protection; it does have earth pass-though (good); but no good grip because of so many different supported plugs. We recommend to use a more expensive option if available.