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<blockquote data-quote="Silas Pradetto" data-source="post: 25422" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Re: Cable and Recepticle Ratings</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>I must have missed that. If he can switch those to a 2-pole 15 amp breaker, and that breaker is in fact upstream of his 50 amp receptacle, then there is no code violation. In fact, as long as the receptacle is rated for at least 15 amps per leg, then it doesn't even matter what it is.</p><p></p><p>Let me add, though, that making a quad with a 50-amp plug to Edisons still needs breakers, because there is no guarantee that it will be plugged into an appropriately 15-amp-breakered 50-amp receptacle.</p><p></p><p>It might have been mentioned before, but why not just change the receptacle out for something else, like double duplex receptacles? The wire is already there, it will be oversized for the new circuits, but it will still only be a 30 minute job for any electrician.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silas Pradetto, post: 25422, member: 34"] Re: Cable and Recepticle Ratings I must have missed that. If he can switch those to a 2-pole 15 amp breaker, and that breaker is in fact upstream of his 50 amp receptacle, then there is no code violation. In fact, as long as the receptacle is rated for at least 15 amps per leg, then it doesn't even matter what it is. Let me add, though, that making a quad with a 50-amp plug to Edisons still needs breakers, because there is no guarantee that it will be plugged into an appropriately 15-amp-breakered 50-amp receptacle. It might have been mentioned before, but why not just change the receptacle out for something else, like double duplex receptacles? The wire is already there, it will be oversized for the new circuits, but it will still only be a 30 minute job for any electrician. [/QUOTE]
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