[169863] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Wed Mar 19 09:52:33 2014
In-Reply-To: <5329968B.6070608@pari.edu>
From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:51:53 -0400
To: Lamar Owen <lowen@pari.edu>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Lamar Owen <lowen@pari.edu> wrote:
> 2011 NEC article 210.23(A) permits 15A receptacles on 20A branch circuits;
> 30A branch circuits must use 30A receptacles. If the OP's 30A branch
> circuit has an L6-20R on it then this would be a violation; see NEC Table
> 210.24 for a summary of the code.
Hi Lamar,
Nobody is talking about putting an L6-20R on a 30 amp circuit. OP was
talking about putting an L6-30P on a 20 amp appliance: a PDU that has
its own 20 amp breaker. Big difference.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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