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Default 30amp plug to 20amp device

On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:04:33 -0800 (PST), TimR
wrote:

On Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 9:36:08 AM UTC-5, Dean Hoffman wrote:


One of the pictures shows the male end marked as 125/250 volt
with four prongs. The female end is marked as 125 volt with three
openings. The connector loses one hot leg in the transition.


Not being argumentative, asking because I don't know. Even though I should.

That circuit can supply 30 A at 240V on both hot legs.

The adapter will use one leg and get 120V. No problem, the treadmill is 120V. But the treadmill uses 17A. Is there still 30A available off just one leg? Or is there half of that, only 15A available?

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