On Apr 1, 1:51*pm, Mikepier wrote:
Doing some reno work in my brother-in-laws condo. Changed out the old
FPE subpanel panel to a new one, worked out great. Now I am changing
out the old outlets. One of them is a 220V A/C outlet that was
originally connected to a 20A *double polebreaker with 12 guage wire.
The outlet looks like this:

http://www.levitonproducts.com/catal...id=DCD83CFDDBC....

My question is should I replace with the same kind? This outlet is
only rated for 15A, meanwhile I have a 20A breaker. *Do I need to put
in a 20A outlet like this?

http://www.plumbersurplus.com/images...-05821-00A-rw-...

The outlet should be rated to at least the breaker.

What's plugged into it? While it is ok to have a 3 wire 220 outlet it
is no longer ok to use the ground and neutral interchangably at the
outlet. So many 220 appliances have switched to 4 wires with a 4
prong plug.