• ramble81@lemm.ee
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    5 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.

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      5 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? 😳

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        5 months ago

        Maybe a pinky.

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

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        5 months ago

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

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          5 months ago

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

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          5 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.