Re: Power feed wire

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Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>

30A, 250V plugs and receptacles are widely available, and not too 
expensive.  Here's a page from McMaster-dot-com (page 680): 
http://www.mcmaster-dot-com/asp/loadpage.asp?sesnextrep=305500716624962&pagenum=680&catnum=109

I think the prices are incorrect for the 6-30 (the one you would want) as I 
find it hard to believe that the plug is $72 while the wall receptacle is 
only $10.  But I would imagine Lowes, Home Depot, Menards, etc would have 
these devices, as well, and probably for less money.

Regards,

Mark Broker


On Sun, 04 May 2003 18:12:31 -0600, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

>Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>I actually asked somebody about that once, and I got the response that the 
>actual cord was rated for the power, but the plugs themselves aren't. So 
>you could run the cord at 30 amps, but the plug and socket would fuse 
>together. (not good =D)
>
>Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
>Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz "
>
>So I was in Home Depot today looking at extention
>cables. (Gotta run some outside from my sauna's stove
>outlet) The biggest thing I found some were some 100'
>that's made of 3 10 AWG wires -- yet on the label it's
>only rated for 15A. The cord was as thick as the
>thickest wire I've seen coming from my fuse box, and I
>always thought 10 AWG could carry 30Amps. Would it be
>safe to use this cable #1) at 30 amps, and #2) at
>240V. If not, how about splitting the 240VAC outlet
>into 120VAC and 120VAC sides, run em through one
>extention cable each (2 cables) and combine them back
>into 240 at the ends. Of course, I'm not talkin about
>running this through walls or anything, just
>on the carpet then up and out the front door.
>
>
>
>-Chris
>
>