Need help concerning a lack of a dryer receptacle

[andrewinorlando]

They sell them for commercial battery chargers that run on 220V so the units can be wheeled to where they're needed. I would imagine a place like Grainger's would have them, or maybe a supplier that sells those types of commercial charger units.

 

[bajaespuma]

Hi Toggle and Gary, a Blond comment coming your way!

What's the big freaking deal with 220V anyway?? In England and Australia, even some of their "personal massagers" run on 220V and their cords and outlets look a little bigger than ours but nothing like the old stubby honking hausers that our dryer and stove pigtails use.

Maybe for New Years I'll relate the story of my neighbor who lived in her Mother's old house(with faulty wiring) and what happened everytime she hooked up her "personal massager".

Anyway, got to go. Dorothy's about to get back to her house, but there's a tornado coming and I can't wait to see what happens.

 

[tolivac]

Sudsmaster-that looks like a real heavy duty "Feild Cordset" you have there-reminds me what was used on broadcast feild jobs to bring power to the job for running the remote broadcast gear.

 

[sudsmaster]

Baja,

The plug size has more to do with amperage than with voltage. Most American 220 volt outlets are for 30 amp dryers or 50 amp ranges. As I recall, most European 220 volt outlets are for about 10 amps or less. A European 220 volt 10 amp circuit can supply as much power as an American 110 volt 20 amp circuit, but require about 1/2 the amount of copper in the wiring.

 

[brisnat81]

How big are your pins

Hi Rich,

In post 255512 how big are the pins. That socket is the same design we have in AU and without any perspective that photo makes it look the same size.

Could you please measure the pins that go into that socket? HxWxL

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[sudsmaster]

Brisnat,

It's a standard North American 50 amp range outlet. Pins are much bigger than a 220 volt 10 amp outlet, if that's your question.

Each pin on the plug measures about 1/2" wide, about .1 inch thick, and about 1.25 inch long. The neutral pin is slightly longer than the two hot pins.

Hope that helps. Since the pins are arranged in a triangular pattern, I can't give you easy dimensions on their layout.

 

[sudsmaster]

The plug/outlet in question is a NEMA 10-50 standard design. Here's a drawing of Hubble's version of the plug. It should give you an idea of the overall size of the thing.

 

[sudsmaster]

As best as I can determine, the pins or straight blades on an Australian 3 pin plug are 1/4 wide by .040" thick - less than half the size of the 220V-50A NEMA 10-50 on my field extenstion reel.

Here's a shot of a standard Australian outlet (from Wikipedia)

 

[spinout]

re: extenstion cord

Yes, you can make an extention cord, and a properly made cord will work fine. (You mariners and campers can think of it as shore power.) There will be no difference in performance between a properly made ext. cord and a hard wired circuit. Bump up one wire gauge if you are going a long distance at maximum current, e.g.,> 100ft or so, for best results. 10Ga. is adequate for shorter runs at 30A; use #6 for 50A.

I use several large extension cords for heavy loads in my shop, both single and three phase, including one that carrys 90-->120A for a large arc welder, no problem. Oh, and before you flame me, I am a professional EE/ME, meaning I design these sorts of things for my livelyhood.

 

[toggleswitch]

Batteries are MUCH safer...........

~Maybe for New Years I'll relate the story of my neighbor who lived in her Mother's old house(with faulty wiring) and what happened everytime she hooked up her "personal massager".

The mother or the daughter? *LOL*

...and if you don't feel like posting for public consumption please feel to email the story to me!

I had once heard a story from a lesbionic friend who had a friend.. anyhow the poor dear tripped over the (flex) cord as she stood up and her knees went weak. She broke her arm! Apparently with the right equipment already on-hand, half the fingers being out-of-commission for a few weeks was not a huge loss!

 

[tomturbomatic]

We have found a couple of yellow construction grade 220 volt extension cords at thrift stores. They were 10 gauge, but very flexible with a nice round plastic exterior. Another one I found I put on my 1954 Frigidaire range which in my old house was on the opposite wall from the 230 volt outlets. It must be close to 20 feet long. For regular 220 volt extension cords, we can buy 9 foot long dryer cords and it's a simple matter to cut off the terminals, strip a little insulation and secure the wire in an outlet box. 30 amp and 50 amp outlets are the same behind the plastic openings for the blades of the male plug, so we cut a small notch in the straight slot for the ground blade in a 50 amp receptacle which enables us to use it for 30 amp dryer pigtails with the L-shaped ground blade. It's easy to find the 230 volt male ends for making cords from cable at HD, Lowes or electrical supply places. Most of the plugs contain both the L-shaped ground as well as the straight one.

That Filtrator operating in a cold garage might dry pretty quickly with the cold air flowing over the Filtrator cartridge. The dryers can evaporate water far faster than they can usually condense it so this might be very interesting; well worth taking notes and keeping track of times for heavy cotton loads. We have often wondered what it would do to a Filtrator's performance if you put a refrigeration coil next to the cartridge to really cool the air before it hits the tubes. One other thing, the Filtrator only uses (2) 2200 watt heating elements so its electrical draw will be less than a standard air flow dryer providing another cushion for the capacity of the long cord.