Hi All, The 14-50 is the standard for 50 Amp use because many appliances utilize the 120 volt option for display functions. -Tom True
On Tue, Mar 12, 2024, 1:29 PM Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Hi folks > Not to stir up another firestorm again - but I was curious why a 14/50 > 240V socket was chosen for portable EVSE charge controllers when they > *don’t* use the neutral wire? The NEMA 6-50 sockets without a neutral > would seem more appropriate but aren’t used that often and would need a > 6-50 to 14/50 adapter. > The Enphase (microinverters) solar ground mount arrays we traditionally > install in our volunteer solar club tend to be about 100’ away from the > house, so running an additional #6 neutral adds cost but of course required > by code as we do for courtesy 120V 20A or 14/50 50A breakers in the remote > combiner box (or sub panel breaker box at solar array). > Best regards > Mark > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240312/b408cc26/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
