It's 20 minutes of work, mostly to get familiar with the wiring so you know what to do.īut it's that kind of deal. Change the receptacle to a NEMA 5-20 type, and move 1 wire inside the service panel that supplies this circuit. ![]() What you have here is a very simple conversion. $990 for knowing which bolt to turn." Have an electrician re-wire that for 120V The company said "$1000!? You turned 1 bolt! Can we have this itemized?" The old worker said "OK. The worker came right out, inspected and listened to the machine for 10 minutes, turned one bolt, and said "There you go. So they called one of the old workers, who now ran a consulting business. They had let the experienced old workers go, and hired all younger kids. ![]() For example 14-50R becomes 14-50 receptacle or 14-50 outlet.There's an old joke about the company whose giant machine was not working. The R stands for Receptacle (outlet) and the P stands for Plug, we commonly truncate this to just the numbers and add the word receptacle (or outlet) at the end. In the full NEMA number you will see a capital R or P. Be sure to carefully look at your outlet and the chart, it's easy to mistake one outlet for another if your outlet has it's ground pin facing the floor instead of the ceiling or Vice Versa compared to the chart. 110/120 volt outlets can be found mounted in all directions. L6-30 (locking 240 volt 30amp) Twist-Lock 30A 240 volt outlet, my personal favorite locking connector, easy to find in stores, works great for adding adapters to portables EVSE’s equipped with a L6-30 plug.Ģ20/240 volt outlets are commonly install with the ground pin towards the ceiling for safety.TT-30 (Travel Trailer 30amp) 30A 120 volt 3-prong outlet, the older style found in RV parks, not used in residential homes.This is the one the Tesla guys install in their garages. By far the best universal connector to have for an EVSE. 14-50 standard 50A 240 volt 4-prong Range (electric stove top) outlet, also called RV-50 at the RV parks.14-30 standard 30A 240 volt 4-prong Dryer outlet found in homes build in 1996 and newer.10-30 standard 30A 240 volt 3-prong Dryer outlet found in homes build before 1996.6-50 standard 50A 240 volt 3-prong outlet, found in shops and garages used for large welders.6-20 standard 20A 240 volt household outlet, found in homes and motels for running in-wall Air Conditioners, also found occasionally in residential garages.The 5-20 is not as common as a 6-20 outlet with it’s “T” shaped slot as it will accept both 6-20 and 6-15 plugs. ![]() 6-15 standard 15A 240 volt household outlet, found in homes and motels for running in-wall Air Conditioners, it’s the smaller brother to the NEMA 6-20 outlet.5-20 standard 20A 120 volt household outlet, required by code in bathroom and behind your refrigerator.5-15 standard 15A 120 volt household outlet, the most common you see everywhere.You can also email us a pic of your plugs and outlets you need help identifying and we would be happy to help. Need some help identifying your wall outlet? We can help! Below is a description of the more common NEMA outlets and their numbers as well as some handy NEMA plug charts.
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