Adding a 240 volt NEMA 6-15 plug to an Chinese melting pot appliance for use in the US
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Replacing the plug on an Ebay special Chinese pewter/lead melting pot appliance with a NEMA 6-15 240 volt plug to use in the US.
Amazon Affiliate Links to the plug/adapter I used:
Eaton 6-15 240v plug: amzn.to/39ghNwx
NEMA 6-50P to 6-20R/615R adapter: amzn.to/2XtfvVf
Alternate to go directly from a 14-50:
NEMA 14-50P to 6-20R/6-15R: amzn.to/2XtBf3v
Every chinese company product comes with that exact NA charger adapter, phones, blenders, you name it. Thanks for the great video
That plug used for airconditioners in the Philippines but also fits on US 3 pin with 4.8mm Euro Thai outlets.
Searched forever for a video specific to 6-15 plug wiring... Thank you!
I used the 220 type plug for for dryers....worked great.
Yes, a plug for any 220/240 volt circuit will work. The dryer plug is nice because it removes the need for an adapter if you don't have a 6-15 or 6-20 receptacle. But ideally you'd want the smallest (15-20 amp) circuit breaker possible on the receptacle you are plugging into, just for safety. [Says the guy who plugged it into a 50 amp circuit with an adapter cable...]
Yes, that inspired me to watch this video. New house we’re looking at probably has a dryer plug (I assume all dryers are 220?) that is unused. Wondering, about installing a kettle in it so that I can shave off some time in the amount of time it takes to boil water.
220V airconditioners in the Philippines. That plug also fits on Thai / US / Euro 3 pin outlets.
Taiwan uses that same 240 volt 60 Hz split phase system with plug, that original plug is a chinese standard, they have earth at top, here in Australia we have earth at bottom with same pin plug layout, but pins are sleeved for safety
Earth at the bottom for Argentine angle plugs and 2 row Argentine power strips but earth outlet at the bottom and for Chinese powerstrips, earth at the top .
Could i do this with a 230v 3kw heater? It has a two pin plug i believe from uk or spain. I check the wires and are same as your pot heating tool.
A NEMA 6-15 recepticle is 240 volts at up to 15 amps (3.6kw) but for continious usage you are only supposed to load it to 80% (12 amps @ 240 volts) or 2.8 kw. So you could plug a 3kw heater into a 6-15 and it would work, but you are only supposed to draw 2.8 kw for long term / continuous operation.
Yes, it would work, but a 6-20 receptacle and plug (20 amp circuit vs 15) would actually be up to code....
So there’s no neutral in that new outlet the 615 outlet
Correct, just two hots (L1/L2) and the ground. [So there is no way to safely get a 120v feed out of that recepticle/plug.]
I have purchased 240v cooking machine it came with L6-20 connector. But I am not sure they 2 hot wire or single wire 220v, Is it okay ? I know you mention in video its okay. I want to make sure I am not doing anything wrong.
A NEMA L6-20 connector is a circular locking plug and has two hot wires (X&Y) and a locking ground pin. There should be 240 volts between the X and Y terminals (the ones without the locking part sticking out perpendicular to the rest of the plug). Note that a NEMA 6-20 (without the "L") is a flat blade plug that does not twist or lock, but also has two blades that should have 240 volts between them, plus a grounding pin. [The 6-20 has the two blades that are perpendicular to each other, indicating that it requires 20 amps, while the 6-15 plug has two horizontal blades (oriented the wrong way to plug into a 120v 5-15/20 outlet) and only requires 15 amps.]
Arn 😂🤣 cracks me up everytime
I bought a french fry cutting machine from China it has the same plug-in that you are showing,,, The machine cord says it’s a 220 10 amp, does the motor in my machine act the same way that your device works if I changed the plug-in over The way you did it?? I’m planning on plugging it into a dryer receptacle 220 30 amp , I also have all the adapters,,
Yes, it should work. The only difference between a restive heater and an inductive motor load that you should check on is the rated frequency of the AC. In the US we run at 60Hz, but some countries use 50Hz. For an appliance rated at 50hz, it's motor will spin 20% faster at 60Hz, which is usually just fine.
I wouldn’t trust that wire connected to a Lionel train controller.
Hi Jay. Thank you for the video. I have a 2 prong 240 soldering iron from China (no earth). Can I run 2 120v wires to the one side and a neutral to the other? Thanks again.
The USA has a "Split-phase" 240v system. Hot1 -> neutral is 120 volts, and neutral to Hot 2 is another 120 volts. So to get 240 volts, you need two hots (H1 and H2), with no neutral involved. You can only get two different hots on a 240 volt circuit, or by taking two hots from two different (opposite phase) 120 volt circuits. Test the voltage with a multi-meter, and don't connect two hots together or it will short out at 240 volts.
@@summetj Hi again Jay.. I tried hooking up two 120s from different breakers, one to each pole...nothing. I tried hooking two 120s together then to one of the poles and a neutral to the other pole and I still got 120V. I think it has something to do with the phases in the US. If there were three or four wires, like your appliance, I'm sure it would work. Thanks again for all your effort. God Bless you.
@@elvisrickey4625 Sounds like you need to test the circuits with the multimeter or get an electrician involved.
Hi Jay, very informative thanks. I failed to understand why you couldn't use directly a NEMA 14-50P 50A adapter and plug it directly to the outlet you had already. Thanks!
A 14-50p to 6-15 or 6-20R adapter cost a lot more than the 6-50 to 6-20R adapter I ended up using (making use of the 14-50 to 6-50 adapter I already had on hand). The cheapest option would be to wire the device to a 14-50 plug (or install a 6-15 outlet....as the 14-50 plugs are not inexpensive...)
@@summetj Thanks for the quick response! Ok, so in case you wouldn't have had the adapter, and counting on the existing outlet you already have, a valid option would have been using directly a 14-50P adapter? I'm sorry but I'm not very knowledgeable on this matter. I have several appliances from Europe (220 & 240v) and I have a 14-50 outlet at home that I was thinking I could use without the need of modifying the electric installation (but using a 14-50 adapter instead). Thanks again.
@@JohdoKaash For permanent use, it's better to re-wire the appliance (plug) so that it attaches to a receptacle with the appropriate sized wire and circuit breaker. However, you can run just about any 240 volt appliance off of a 14-50 outlet with the appropriate chain of adapters to get to whatever plug the device uses.