Jeff Beck Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Has anyone ever seen something like this receptacle? A broker that I do a lot of work for just sent me this picture so I don't know the outlet is actually wired. It appears to be 4 prong, 10 amp, 250 volt. I went to the NEMA site and searched for Mag Nus and 4 prong receptacle but haven't found anything. Google hasn't turned up anything either. Click to Enlarge 64.29 KB Kind of hard to figure what it would be used for at 10 amps. I would imagine that low of amperage would rule out dryers and ranges. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jeff Beck Foresight Inspection Service LLC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Jeff, I might be wrong on this and hopefully someone else will confirm this, but... I believe that's really just an old 120-volt receptacle with two 2-hole, non-grounded configurations. There was a time when plugs came in a variety of prong configurations. The "250-volt" you are seeing is just the maximum voltage, it doesn't mean that it can actually take two hots. I could be wrong. It happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Richard is right. There was a thread a month or two ago about exactly the same thing. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 https://www.inspectorsjournal.com/forum ... IC_ID=8140 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Beck Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Thanks guys, the broker just sent me another email saying that the pic was from a house built in 1893. I went to the NEMA site, googled part of my life away and never thought to do a search on TIJ! [:-dunce] owa tada du my iam! Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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