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Mike Sokol

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NEMA 15-50 receptacle
« on: July 27, 2017, 03:52:38 PM »

I just came back from a site survey for a gig this weekend. I have my choice of plugging into a bunch of ceiling mounted 20-amp Edison receptacles on an undetermined amount of circuit breakers, or a single NEMA 15-50 receptacle in the hallway. The 15-50 would be perfect for power except that's a 3-phase/208-volt outlet with 3 hots and a ground, but no neutral. My goose is cooked at this point since a lot of the stage gear is 120-volt only. I think it's generator time...

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Re: NEMA 15-50 receptacle
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2017, 04:22:52 PM »

At least it's stamped correctly  ;) could have been a 14-50 ran 3 phase  :o
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Re: NEMA 15-50 receptacle
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2017, 04:32:24 PM »

I just came back from a site survey for a gig this weekend. I have my choice of plugging into a bunch of ceiling mounted 20-amp Edison receptacles on an undetermined amount of circuit breakers, or a single NEMA 15-50 receptacle in the hallway. The 15-50 would be perfect for power except that's a 3-phase/208-volt outlet with 3 hots and a ground, but no neutral. My goose is cooked at this point since a lot of the stage gear is 120-volt only. I think it's generator time...
There's a hotel in my area that does this.  Their "distro" bonds N->G for functionality, but not safety.
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Re: NEMA 15-50 receptacle
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2017, 04:47:39 PM »

Rent a transformer?
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Re: NEMA 15-50 receptacle
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2017, 05:18:14 PM »

Another reason to run that "little mixer" on 208-240  :)
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Re: NEMA 15-50 receptacle
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2017, 01:48:27 AM »

Another reason to run that "little mixer" on 208-240  :)

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