• neidu2@feddit.nlEnglish
    37·
    2 months ago

    Three phase + Ground and a fucking interlock pin. Loving it.

    Now we’re just waiting for PSUs to provide a 400V rail with matching connector. Corsair, you wanna be first to the market?

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
      101·
      2 months ago

      There’s no interlock pin on these. The 5th is a neutral. Hubbell makes a few versions of these with an interlock system (these, but these are just 3 phase 208v plugs with ground and neutral.

      • Damage@slrpnk.netEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        The one on the tip of the plug is a locking nub, proper outlets have a power switch that will only allow the plug to be removed when switched off, otherwise mechanically locking it into the outlet.

        • noobnarski@feddit.deEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          That is mostly there for another reason, to distinguish between different voltages.

          When a connector is meant for a different voltage the Earth connector (which is thicker than the rest) gets moved along the circle so it would be impossible to plug it into one with a different voltage. The nub stops you from just turning the plug to make it fit.

          Greetings from Germany from someone who has used these quite a few times, mostly 16A and 32A variants and has never seen a locking one.

        • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I may have misspoke, the cord cap is capable of being locked in, but the receptacle does not have any sort of locking mechanism, it’s just a receptacle outlet. The only ones that have the interlock are the ones with a switch lever or knob attached to the unit.

    • rem26_art@fedia.io
      9·
      2 months ago

      Hope PCPartPicker lets you factor in the cost of calling your power company and asking them to wire up your house for 3 Phase soon.

    • Norgur@fedia.io
      2·
      2 months ago

      That’s a regular high(er) voltage plug here in Germany, usually carries around 400V

      • neidu2@feddit.nlEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Yup, using them a lot for 400V industrial here in Norway. We use those exact connectors (but without the interlock) at work.

  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    2 months ago

    I’ve used those for 208V 60-amp 3-phase power to racks in our Datacenter. Capable of supplying almost 18kW… those things are monster.

    • 3ntranced@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Trying to get a sense of scale, the 4 screw points on the red retainer look like 1 1/4in.

      So are the prongs like the size of a thumb? 😳

      • oldfart@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Maybe a pinky.

        But still, these are normally used for metal lathes and other big workshop machines like this.

      • the_third@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        They are basically in every garage and shed here, don’t you have these in 2-phase country?

        • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          You don’t generally see them in the US until you get to Industrial/Datacenter level. Since the US tends to use NEMA standards, for example for a 220V dryer/EV charger we’ll use a NEMA 14-50 plug.

        • Pretzilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          I’ve never noticed one but now aware, expect to start seeing them everywhere hiding in plain sight