I've done that with one of my adapters for a Zivan NG3 so I could use it with a 14-30 or 14-50 receptacle. Do you know of any locking 50A plugs/receptacles that aren't $70+ each?
On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 12:27 AM, Cor van de Water via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > David, > I have not much experience with L6-30 connectors and whether its > contacts are same or different than a 50 Amp version (which you really > need to sustain 40A continuous). The NEMA 14-30 and 14-50 (the flat > blade clothes dryer and RV plugs) are often identical, you can get a > plug that has two different Neutral conductors and depending which one > you insert, you "code" the plug for the 30A or the 50A outlet. Obviously > even if you would code it for the 30A outlet, it can still carry 50A > since the contacts of the plug are the same. > NOTE that his may not hold for the outlet - it may be only capable of > the 30A it is spec'ed for. > And the same is likely true for the L6-30, unless you can verify that it > uses the same contacts in both outlet and plug to handle 50A. > Good luck with that - I suggest that you either limit the current to the > designed value or use a different plug. > Success! > > Cor van de Water > Chief Scientist > Proxim Wireless > > office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water > XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info > > http://www.proxim.com > > This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and > proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received > this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any > unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of > this message is prohibited. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Nelson > via EV > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2016 11:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EVDL] Actual current carrying ability of NEMA L6-30 > > Please note that I am not asking about electrical code here! I know > what the code says. > > What is the actual sustained current carrying ability of the NEMA > L6-30 plug/sockets? Just like a NEMA 5-15 can handle 20A (16A > sustained) since the pins are physically the same as on a NEMA 5-20 > are the L6-30 conductors large enough to handle a 50A circuit with 40A > max continuous current? > > I want to use the L6-30 for the connectors for the various plug > adapters for a portable EVSE I want to build but don't want to use a > different plug because I already have the adaptors from another EVSE. > > Thanks, > > -- > David D. Nelson > http://evalbum.com/1328 > http://www.levforum.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -- David D. Nelson http://evalbum.com/1328 http://www.levforum.com _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
