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Posted by on February 27, 2007, 1:51 pm
On Feb 27, 11:44 am, spamb...@milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote:
poison_1...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >I have a device that requires a 220v 20amp outlet. The male plug on
> >this is like:
> >- |
> > o
> >I have a 220v 40amp recepticle on the wall which is like:
> > u
> >| o |
> > _
> > |
> You sure that's 40A? Looks like a 30A configuration to me...
> Go to this
pagehttp://frentzandsons.com/Hardware%20References/plugandreceptacleconfi....
> htm
> and verify that what you have is a NEMA 6-20P plug and a NEMA 14-30R
> receptacle.
> IF that's the case, then...
> >On the plug I assume the two prongs are both hots and the round prong
> >is the saftey ground with no neutral on the plug.
> .. correct
> >On my recepticle are the two straight slots the hots, the u the saftey
> >ground and the upside down L the neutral?
> .. correct.
> >I can't remove this outlet and my concern is to not mix up the ground
> >and the neutral.
> >I'm not going to replace the outlet. I just want to make a little
> >extension cord adapter.
> Sounds good to me -- assuming that you have what I think you have.
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
You might be right, I thought it was hooked up to two 20 amp breakers
but maybe they are 15A breakers. Especially since I don't see any 40A
rated outlets on the site. Nice site (although I found the correct
url at: http://www.frentzandsons.com/Hardware%20References/MrFresonsHdweRef.htm)
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>this is like:
>- |
> o
>I have a 220v 40amp recepticle on the wall which is like:
> u
>| o |
> _
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