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)
