02:27 GMT,
[email protected] wrote:
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|>| I guess I was confused by the labelling here (phase X. Y. Z)
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http://www.quail.com/nema.cfm
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|>Actually, they seem to be following the NEMA labelling, which is "W" for
|>the neutral location (presumably meaning "white", or just coincidence).
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| If you look at the 15a unit it is X,Y,Z
| The 20 and 30a unit say X,Y and "W" indicating the neutral.
| I went to the "Blue" store this morning but they don't stock a 14-15R
| I was curious what color the screws were and how it was labelled
| (installation instructions etc)
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| For the purposes of the original question it still would not make any
| difference. The common pins between the 6-16 and 14-15 are still going
| to be the phases and ground. If you had a 240 only load on the 3 prong
| plug the connection would still be fine, Maybe there IS a plan ;-)
I think it certainly was the plan from ages ago. But the plan didn't
get carried further to higher amperages. But that is likely because of
the designs that were done ages ago with no foresight for such things.
Not that I'd really need it. I have no plans to use anything that would
ever need a 14-15. For my 240 volt uses, it will be 6-XX for everything
unless I can't find 2-wire replacements for the two things that commonly
do use 3-wire circuits.
OTOH, if I ever do find a 14-15R, especially in duplex form, it might be
interesting to have them around for people to wonder about.