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Quote from: QuintLeo on January 31, 2017, 05:38:40 PM

Quote from: fanatic26 on January 31, 2017, 02:46:48 PM

Any single phase PDU will work. Just change the plug to match what is on the wall. PDU plugs are easy to disassemble and replace, just a few screws and you can unhook all the wiring and swap plugs.

Any single-phase *220-240 volt input* PDU will work with the correct plug.

Some PUDs are 110-120v input.

Hmm, not sure I trust myself enough to replace a plug that won't burn my house down. I will probably try to see if someone will modify one for me and just ship it over.

Will be really nice to have an extra 4k watts to play with mining equipment in my garage, so L3's stacked up in the corner will be beautiful out there.

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Quote from: fanatic26 on January 31, 2017, 02:46:48 PM

Any single phase PDU will work. Just change the plug to match what is on the wall. PDU plugs are easy to disassemble and replace, just a few screws and you can unhook all the wiring and swap plugs.

Any single-phase *220-240 volt input* PDU will work with the correct plug.

Some PUDs are 110-120v input.

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Any single phase PDU will work. Just change the plug to match what is on the wall. PDU plugs are easy to disassemble and replace, just a few screws and you can unhook all the wiring and swap plugs.

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Sorry, I'm not so familiar with ANSI standard world (United States) and I haven't had a need to use PDUs so I don't have much info about those either.

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Quote from: HagssFIN on January 31, 2017, 01:55:58 PM

Actually if you are in US, the voltage between phases is 240 V.
The values 20A 250V you mentioned above and shown in the picture are rated values for the component.
Presuming that we only take account the resistive load it would then be 240 V * 20 A = 4800 W
And it is not advised to put a full load 24h, maybe something like 17-18A max. 24h.

Yes, only use about 80% of the max righr? Any idea on a PDU that would plug jnto this outlet withoit any issues?

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Actually if you are in US, the voltage between phases is 240 V.
The values 20A 250V you mentioned above and shown in the picture are rated values for the component.
Presuming that we only take account the resistive load it would then be 240 V * 20 A = 4800 W
And it is not advised to put a full load 24h, maybe something like 17-18A max. 24h/7/365.

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Quote from: VRobb on January 31, 2017, 09:14:33 AM

Sounds right to me, and you said there's a 20A breaker on it so if you tried to draw 30A it would just shut down, no house fires! Wink

Awesome, now I just need a PDU that can plug into it and I should be good to go.

Thank you very much for your help

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Sounds right to me, and you said there's a 20A breaker on it so if you tried to draw 30A it would just shut down, no house fires! Wink

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Quote from: VRobb on January 30, 2017, 11:45:49 PM

Looks like a NEMA 6-15 or 6-30, which is a 15A 250V AC socket, or 30A 250V AC socket respectively. Your image, however, if you look closely shows the socket labeled as 20A 250V... Huh

In either case, the plug is a NEMA 6-15 or 6-30. If you get the NEMA 6-20 plug which is rated 20A 250V one of the blades will be rotated 90 degrees and won't fit the socket.
Clear as mud, right? Search the NEMA straight blade reference chart and you'll see what I mean.
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Thank you very much for the answer, but that only leads to more questions, lol.

So, would it be safe to assume I would burn down my house if I treated it as a 30A 250V socket? By just treating it like a 15A 250V, I should be good correct, since it is under the 20A limit?

So if I can use it as a 15A 250V, I could theoretically get 15 * 250 = 3750 watts out of it?

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Looks like a NEMA 6-15 or 6-30, which is a 15A 250V AC socket, or 30A 250V AC socket respectively. Your image, however, if you look closely shows the socket labeled as 20A 250V... Huh

In either case, the plug is a NEMA 6-15 or 6-30. If you get the NEMA 6-20 plug which is rated 20A 250V one of the blades will be rotated 90 degrees and won't fit the socket.
Clear as mud, right? Search the NEMA straight blade reference chart and you'll see what I mean.
HTH

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I have this outlet in my garage that the previous owner put in, but I don't know what kind of plug it is or what I could plug into it to run mining equipment...

http://imgur.com/a/TqENA

Is there something I can use to convert this to a bunch of normal outlets I can plug machines into? What kind of power draw can I expect? It is connected to a 20A circuit breaker in the panel.

Thanks,

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