I made 3 pigtails with a regular NEMA 5-15r on one end and a NEMA 14-50P, a NEMA 14-30P, and a 10-30P on the other end... plan to use them at VRBO's and RV sites... I've been at several VRBO's with electric dryers where charging from the 240 would be infinitely better than a regular 120 5-15 outlet.
I also made a 5-15P on one end with a 14-50R on the other to plug the tesla 14-50P plug into. I do plan to turn the charger down to 15 amps or so to keep things to below what code would suggest (obviously outside of legal code at this point). The cool thing with this setup is i could insert a standard extension cord (12 awg or better of course) and get at least 4KW charging at a pretty good distance from a dryer plug.
Even at 15A and 240V things are much better than 12A and 120V. This makes overnight charging possible in very remote areas. The main point is I'm running 240V on regular extension cords which is probably pretty kosher in Europe but not in the US. i looked around some and for what i can tell there is not practical reason why a NEMA 5-15 can't carry 20 amps like a NEMA 5-20 can... the plugs are the same physical area the 5-20 is just turned horizontal to differentiate itself (good idea btw) but mathematically there is no reason we can't run 20 amps on a 5-15 outlet (with 12 AWG wire).
ive been testing with my own dryer plug at my house and the ~25' standard extension cord for 2 hours now (at 20A) and things are only getting mildly warm so i'm feeling pretty good about using this at VRBOs
who wants to throw the first stone at me?
I also made a 5-15P on one end with a 14-50R on the other to plug the tesla 14-50P plug into. I do plan to turn the charger down to 15 amps or so to keep things to below what code would suggest (obviously outside of legal code at this point). The cool thing with this setup is i could insert a standard extension cord (12 awg or better of course) and get at least 4KW charging at a pretty good distance from a dryer plug.
Even at 15A and 240V things are much better than 12A and 120V. This makes overnight charging possible in very remote areas. The main point is I'm running 240V on regular extension cords which is probably pretty kosher in Europe but not in the US. i looked around some and for what i can tell there is not practical reason why a NEMA 5-15 can't carry 20 amps like a NEMA 5-20 can... the plugs are the same physical area the 5-20 is just turned horizontal to differentiate itself (good idea btw) but mathematically there is no reason we can't run 20 amps on a 5-15 outlet (with 12 AWG wire).
ive been testing with my own dryer plug at my house and the ~25' standard extension cord for 2 hours now (at 20A) and things are only getting mildly warm so i'm feeling pretty good about using this at VRBOs
who wants to throw the first stone at me?
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