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Power cords for Samoa

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833 power cords for Samoa: 230 V 50 Hz mains, no national approval required. Country-plug cords for OEM equipment (the local wall plug to IEC 60320), data center jumpers (IEC 60320) and industrial (IEC 60309) cords from our certification records, with the approvals each one carries.

These country pages are in beta. We are still completing the record of plugs, connectors and cords for each country, so more detail and updates are coming soon.

833 of these need no national approval in Samoa.

Power in Samoa

Mains supply
230 V · 50 Hz
230/400 V 50 Hz, Type I (AS/NZS 3112) plugs (secondary sources; Electricity Act 2010 does not fix voltage).
Wall plug
Plug type not on our record yet — the IEC 60320 jumpers below fit any PDU or power-supply inlet.
Cord ratings
Under the IEC scheme, IEC 60320 C13 / C14 cords are rated 10 A 250 V and C19 / C20 cords 16 A 250 V; a wall-plug cord carries its plug's own rating.
Approvals
Samoa names no mandatory product approval for a cord set, overseen by Office of the Regulator (OOTR) — Electricity Regulator under the Electricity Act 2010 (also telecom/broadcast/postal); standard export papers apply.
Regulator: Office of the Regulator (OOTR) — Electricity Regulator under the Electricity Act 2010 (also telecom/broadcast/postal)

Cord-set standard: None adopted. Electricity Act 2010 contains no appliance/equipment approval provisions (text searched); AS/NZS 60320.1 / AS/NZS 3191 evidence is the practical benchmark.. Cordage accepted: AS/NZS 3191 flexible cord, H05VV-F (HAR), SJT (UL) — accepted in practice. Labels in English.

Data center power cords for Samoa

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IEC 60320 jumpers — a C14 or C20 plug into the PDU, a C13, C15 or C19 connector into the server, switch or storage. For most countries these are our global cords: one part number carries the marks Samoa requires, so a data center operator deploys the same cord in every region.

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Not on the record for Samoa yet

  • Country plug cords — The wall plug used in Samoa on one end and the IEC 60320 inlet on your equipment on the other — C13, C15, C5, C7 or C19. The cord an OEM ships in the box with equipment sold into Samoa, and the one an office, lab or shop floor plugs straight into the wall; every cord here carries the approval Samoa requires.
  • Industrial cords — IEC 60309 pin-and-sleeve cords, 16–32 A — the international industrial connector, dual-rated for IEC and North American circuits.

We list a cord here only when our certification record shows it is approved for use in Samoa or needs no national approval there. Need one of these kinds for Samoa? Ask us — we quote the cord and file the approval.

Questions about power cords for Samoa

What is the mains voltage in Samoa?

230 V at 50 Hz. Under the IEC scheme, IEC 60320 C13 / C14 cords are rated 10 A 250 V and C19 / C20 cords 16 A 250 V; a wall-plug cord carries its plug's own rating.

What approval does a power cord need in Samoa?

Samoa names no mandatory product approval for a cord set, overseen by Office of the Regulator (OOTR) — Electricity Regulator under the Electricity Act 2010 (also telecom/broadcast/postal); standard export papers apply. A cord marked "Approved for use in Samoa" on this page carries that approval on our record; "No national approval required" means the record names none for that cord type.

Are IEC 60320 C13 / C14 jumper cords approved for Samoa?

Yes — 822 data center cords (C14 or C20 into the PDU, C13 / C15 / C19 into the equipment) are approved for use in Samoa or need no national approval there. For most countries these are our global cords: one part number carries the marks several countries require.

Which cordage types are accepted in Samoa?

AS/NZS 3191 flexible cord, H05VV-F (HAR) and SJT (UL) — accepted in practice. Our international cords use harmonised H05VV-F / H05RN-F cordage; North American cords use SJT / SJTW.

Also in Asia-Pacific

"Approved for use in Samoa" means the cord carries the approval Samoa requires for its type. "No national approval required in Samoa" means Samoa names no national approval for a cord of that type. Need the certificate behind a cord, or a cord for a country not listed? Ask us.