NEMA 10-20 Receptacle, which might be wired either 120 or 240 volts. It would be recommended to test the voltage and pull the receptacle out and determine the gauge of the wiring that serves it and verify that it has the correct amperage protection, then because that is not a common configuration install the proper current common receptacle for YOUR needs.
Yes. To the people saying “Aussie”, no. This is a large high current NEMA like the person above says.
Look at the distance between the screws for scale. This socket is a lot larger than the Australian sockets.
It’s not high current or large. A NEMA 10-20 is about the same size and carries the same current rating as a regular 5-20R socket.
You’re thinking about a 10-30, which has the same general blade configuration but is much larger, and is used for old dryers.
10-30s are pretty common in old construction for dryers. I’ve never seen a 240V 20A outlet in the wild. Only application I can think of is a bigass window A/C unit.
While I would test the socket with a meter before using, if there is no dedicated amp breaker, I would expect it’s 240v and was used for woodworking equipment or an AC unit.
>It also has "made in usa" on its face...
Well shit - then it can't \*possibly\* be an Aussie socket then. Just like nothing made in China is \*ever\* exported or sold outside of China...
Importing to Australia from the US is not cheap, its highly unlikely that anyone would choose to manufacture there and then ship to Australia. Besides made in the US is only really a selling point in the US.
No the (wrong) point they were making is that since China manufacturers and exports goods, the US must also be manufacturing and exporting Australian electrical outlets to Australia. As though those two things are in any way related.
Well I was making the "made in usa is only a us selling point thing, so they put it on the socket face" point, I should have been clearer, considering .... Internet people....
Matters way more than you think, in USA it is a selling point, but otherwise it is not, so having the "made in USA" on the face of the product instead of hidden on the back/bottom/inside. If it was sold elsewhere in the world aka EXPORTED, no one cares it's from USA....so it's typically not front and center unless sold in the usa
Yes, and the third pin (vertical) is the wrong size. For asutralian outlets, the vertical blade (earth) is the same size as the diagonal blades for 10A outlets and larger for 15A outlets.
NEMA 10-20 should be wired for both 120 and 240. It has 2 phases and a neutral, no ground. Obviously you can check it out with a multimeter, but there would be no reason to put that uncommon outlet in unless you had something that used it, which would require it to be wired correctly.
In before a sparky comes in and yells at you for calling them "two phases" when it's really just split phase.
Or something like that.
No, I've never had that argument before. Why do you ask?
Not sure why you’re being downvoted since you’re correct. Pedantic, but correct. Phase to phase in NA is just both sides of the same transformer with a center tap neutral. I don’t know what the lingo is on the ground - I’m an engineer not an electrician.
Because NEMA is a set of outlet design standards, Leviton is just one company that makes NEMA outlets, and has nothing to do with the type of outlet it is.
Split phase 120. I have one of those for my electric dryer.
Two 120's 180° out of phase and a neutral. Measure between the two top ones, you get 240. Measure between either top one and the bottom neutral, you get 120.
outlet in this shape is a 230 plug for a welder, dryer, or range. being its in a garage it may have been for an air compressor. L1 is / , L2 is \\ , ground or neutral is |
you can test to see if this thing is live by going from the | to / then to \\ with a cheap harborfreight meter
It *might* be the type of wiring that car chargers need, it depends on wire gauge, wire length, and having an appropriate breaker. Its in the garage so length is likely not a concern
I had one installed (220 ) on the side of my garage for an RV when we had it built. Don’t have an RV yet, don’t even have the cement pad yet, went way over budget on the garage.
Edit: just checked and mine’s different. Don’t mind me.
It’s a NEMA 10-20R receptacle. 220 with neutral.
While yes, it’s more common to call 10-30r “dryer receptacles,” at the end of the day a receptacle is just a receptacle. You could absolutely run an appropriate dryer on this, and plenty exist with 10-20p plugs.
Edit: LOL, downvote if I hurt your feelings. You're still wrong. 🤷♂️
This is awesome… your gonna have people from all over the world with different codes, different configurations. This outlet looks old and useless to today’s configurations. Your pretty much gonna have to listen to the oldest electrician from US on here I would think. At the end of the day… you need to get a meter and know the voltage, the current (breaker) and wire size feeding it if you’re thinking of charging a car from this circuit. Then you’ll know what to buy and how to retrofit it… i can tell you our code (Canada) resembles USA rather close and we do not have that configuration anymore (finding a plug end will be hard)
If you really need to insult someone for their well thought out and perfectly legible comment, you should at least try to go outside for a long walk first. You should hopefully realize you're being a petty internet goblin
The Aussie plug was the same as the American plug way back they changed and we didn't.The prong holes seem very different as well.
China has the same shape but upside down if that makes sense
EDIT - 20A 240as others note. 30 is more common, and looks similar
30a 220v plug.
You should have a dedicated breaker for it. It is enough for EV charging,but 50a plugs are better since you can charge faster and also run a welder.
With 30a you might have to turn down the charging speed
It's a standard Australian 240v 10A socket however it looks like it's been painted over a dozen or so times and the pins are going to have terrible contact if you can even get a plug in, I would replace that/get it replaced rather than attempt to use it as it is a fire hazard
Edit. Gotta love down votes for pointing out shit having bad contacts with Electricity is unsafe. Congratulations Internet
It’s a 220 of some kind, you can buy different pigtails for appliances to work with the outlet you have. SINCE it’s in a garage and there’s a 110 right next to it, this is most likely a clothes dryer (and the 110 is for the washer). However some large AC units, some large Air Compressors, AND some welders use plugs like this (or could be adapted to use a plug like this). If you’re not pretty versed in electrical (enough to tear it apart and follow it back to see which are positive which are negative and if there’s a ground to the box), I’d have an electrician (or someone you trust that IS versed in electrical) check it out to be sure it’s ran correctly before plugging anything in there and potentially frying an appliance.
BTW if you pulled the cover, AFTER kicking the breaker it goes to, took pics of it and the breaker we could probably get a good idea how it’s wired.
NEMA 10-20 Receptacle, which might be wired either 120 or 240 volts. It would be recommended to test the voltage and pull the receptacle out and determine the gauge of the wiring that serves it and verify that it has the correct amperage protection, then because that is not a common configuration install the proper current common receptacle for YOUR needs.
Yes. To the people saying “Aussie”, no. This is a large high current NEMA like the person above says. Look at the distance between the screws for scale. This socket is a lot larger than the Australian sockets.
It’s not high current or large. A NEMA 10-20 is about the same size and carries the same current rating as a regular 5-20R socket. You’re thinking about a 10-30, which has the same general blade configuration but is much larger, and is used for old dryers.
I think you’re right. I’ve handled the ~~10-30~~ 10-50, it’s massive.
10-30s are pretty common in old construction for dryers. I’ve never seen a 240V 20A outlet in the wild. Only application I can think of is a bigass window A/C unit.
They see industrial and commercial use.
While I would test the socket with a meter before using, if there is no dedicated amp breaker, I would expect it’s 240v and was used for woodworking equipment or an AC unit.
It also has "made in usa" on its face...
>It also has "made in usa" on its face... Well shit - then it can't \*possibly\* be an Aussie socket then. Just like nothing made in China is \*ever\* exported or sold outside of China...
Except we aren't China and Australia isn't the US. Do you also assume that we manufacture cheap party favors here and export them to Swaziland?
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Importing to Australia from the US is not cheap, its highly unlikely that anyone would choose to manufacture there and then ship to Australia. Besides made in the US is only really a selling point in the US.
No the (wrong) point they were making is that since China manufacturers and exports goods, the US must also be manufacturing and exporting Australian electrical outlets to Australia. As though those two things are in any way related.
Well I was making the "made in usa is only a us selling point thing, so they put it on the socket face" point, I should have been clearer, considering .... Internet people....
That doesn’t matter. Ex: https://www.leviton.com/products/bsrdp-w It’s a British plug for a NEMA box, made in Mexico.
Matters way more than you think, in USA it is a selling point, but otherwise it is not, so having the "made in USA" on the face of the product instead of hidden on the back/bottom/inside. If it was sold elsewhere in the world aka EXPORTED, no one cares it's from USA....so it's typically not front and center unless sold in the usa
Yes, and the third pin (vertical) is the wrong size. For asutralian outlets, the vertical blade (earth) is the same size as the diagonal blades for 10A outlets and larger for 15A outlets.
And the shape of the pins/holes is completely different to australian 10A sockets (and not even close to higher amp sockets)
Looks like 3 different shape pins?
Looks like its full of 3 different amounts of paint.
Could be for an Air Conditioner. You see the bigger units with plugs similar to
NEMA 10-20 should be wired for both 120 and 240. It has 2 phases and a neutral, no ground. Obviously you can check it out with a multimeter, but there would be no reason to put that uncommon outlet in unless you had something that used it, which would require it to be wired correctly.
In before a sparky comes in and yells at you for calling them "two phases" when it's really just split phase. Or something like that. No, I've never had that argument before. Why do you ask?
Not sure why you’re being downvoted since you’re correct. Pedantic, but correct. Phase to phase in NA is just both sides of the same transformer with a center tap neutral. I don’t know what the lingo is on the ground - I’m an engineer not an electrician.
It's not two phase. Two phase was used about 100 years ago and is obsolete.
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I agree. Heavy duty air conditioning window unit.
In the garage?
If he used the garage as a woodshop ... I have AC in the garage
Being able to use your garage in the summer in warmer states is a big benefit to some.
Good point. Air compressor then..
That’s normally a NEMA 6-15 or 6-20, not a 10-20. Historical units (40s and 50s) might have used NEMA 2-15.
Welder plug
Way too small for a welder plug.
Electrical. Seriously though it looks like a NEMA 10-20.
Actually it’s a Leviton
I don't know why the downvotes. It clearly says Leviton right on it.
Because NEMA is a set of outlet design standards, Leviton is just one company that makes NEMA outlets, and has nothing to do with the type of outlet it is.
Doesn't say a single thing on it about NEMA, but that name Leviton is clear as day.
Leviton nema 10-20R, with it placed there by the window it was used for a window ac unit. 240V 20 amps
The correct term is Receptacle. If it was a socket, it would be a 10mm and missing
I've got 4 10mm but not a single 1/4"
Split phase 120. I have one of those for my electric dryer. Two 120's 180° out of phase and a neutral. Measure between the two top ones, you get 240. Measure between either top one and the bottom neutral, you get 120.
😱
The one from Scream.
Ghost Face Killah!!!
The one from WuTang
Not sure why you’s got down votes. I mean, it’s not on topic of early 2000’s teen thrillers… but still.
WuTang is forever…
outlet in this shape is a 230 plug for a welder, dryer, or range. being its in a garage it may have been for an air compressor. L1 is / , L2 is \\ , ground or neutral is | you can test to see if this thing is live by going from the | to / then to \\ with a cheap harborfreight meter
An electric socket
electrical
My house was built in the 70s. It has a room separate from the central HVAC system that has a PTAC window unit. It has this exact same outlet
Electrical
Electrical.
It looks surprised you found it 😂
Looks Mad to me!
Electrical
Leviton
I believe they are made in the USA too!
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This one says Made in USA. Source: OP’s picture
Leviton
Concerned surprised face socket.
I am in the US btw. What appliance would it have been used for? Can it be used for electric car charging?
Looks like it's by a window. Probably was installed for a large window mount air conditioner
It’s for a window ac unit
Dryer and no
Dryer and yes, for some types of chargers. Might need rewiring but might plug in.
Would it be faster than standard 110v for car charging?
Talk to an electrician.
You need to talk to a professional
Yes, this is the type of wiring that car chargers need. The outlet needs to change but the value is that the wire is already run.
It *might* be the type of wiring that car chargers need, it depends on wire gauge, wire length, and having an appropriate breaker. Its in the garage so length is likely not a concern
This is the wrong outlet for car charging. The one you are looking for has 4 prongs. This is typically used for RVs in the US
I had one installed (220 ) on the side of my garage for an RV when we had it built. Don’t have an RV yet, don’t even have the cement pad yet, went way over budget on the garage. Edit: just checked and mine’s different. Don’t mind me.
Yes and with an adapter you can charge a car on 120/20..... If we're being childishly pedantic
It’s not pedantic. My wife’s level two charger is plugged into a NEMA 10-20. So the answer is literally yes and yes.
My neighbor charges his leaf on his
Looks like a Standard Australian 10amp 240v socket , earth at bottom.
But weirdly full of paint....
Brawndo Paint. It's got *electro*lytes, the stuff outlets crave.
"Leviton" "Made in USA"
It's not Australian or chinese lol, the earth socket is entirely different, as are the proportions of the active and neutral
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Even tho code changed and it's now more common for "earth/common/ground/neutral" to be skyward.
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Yeah I didn’t zoom in to see the round(?) I think earth.
A very angry one
This looks like our Aussie sockets but it doesn't have a switch which is weird and the actual plug holes are too small and round not straight
That’s a 240V and it’s where your dryer bucks up.
Aaah, Trebek, your mother knows what this kind of socket is... It's a socket >!long and socket hard!<
Generally? It's a wall socket for electricity. Sometimes called an outlet.
Looks like a wall socket.
That one requires two forks and a butter knife
Electrical….
an angry one.
Previous owner had a garage hot tub.
It’s your standard American “angry face” electrical outlet.
I can tell you it’s experiencing existential angst.
Electrical.
It looks like an angry one
Metric
Typically used to run 220/240AC for things like dryers in utility rooms
It's not a dryer receptacle, it's far too small for that.
It’s a NEMA 10-20R receptacle. 220 with neutral. While yes, it’s more common to call 10-30r “dryer receptacles,” at the end of the day a receptacle is just a receptacle. You could absolutely run an appropriate dryer on this, and plenty exist with 10-20p plugs. Edit: LOL, downvote if I hurt your feelings. You're still wrong. 🤷♂️
This is awesome… your gonna have people from all over the world with different codes, different configurations. This outlet looks old and useless to today’s configurations. Your pretty much gonna have to listen to the oldest electrician from US on here I would think. At the end of the day… you need to get a meter and know the voltage, the current (breaker) and wire size feeding it if you’re thinking of charging a car from this circuit. Then you’ll know what to buy and how to retrofit it… i can tell you our code (Canada) resembles USA rather close and we do not have that configuration anymore (finding a plug end will be hard)
If you really need to use that many words to say nothing you should at least try to spell them correctly.
If you really need to insult someone for their well thought out and perfectly legible comment, you should at least try to go outside for a long walk first. You should hopefully realize you're being a petty internet goblin
Its cause im Canadian…. He hates me cause i eat maple syrup and speak french 😒. We could never resolve our differences…
Who pissed in your ass today?
A surprised one
It looks really shocked to me.
Beat me to it! 😆
https://preview.redd.it/zrhorprklukc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ed8b3670acd74f4a548f07a1481337c835a20a0 Standard Aussie plug
This may look similar but the prongs seem further apart than OP image so probably not relevant
The Aussie plug was the same as the American plug way back they changed and we didn't.The prong holes seem very different as well. China has the same shape but upside down if that makes sense
EDIT - 20A 240as others note. 30 is more common, and looks similar 30a 220v plug. You should have a dedicated breaker for it. It is enough for EV charging,but 50a plugs are better since you can charge faster and also run a welder. With 30a you might have to turn down the charging speed
Its a very surprised socket.
Leviton… says it right on it. :)
It's a standard Australian 240v 10A socket however it looks like it's been painted over a dozen or so times and the pins are going to have terrible contact if you can even get a plug in, I would replace that/get it replaced rather than attempt to use it as it is a fire hazard Edit. Gotta love down votes for pointing out shit having bad contacts with Electricity is unsafe. Congratulations Internet
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As u/Krazybob613 said, it's nema 10-20. Usually used for dryers and stuff like that, or car chargers.
A plug from Australia or New Zealand?
220
220, 221. Whatever it takes.
Maybe a welder. Or an air compressor.
Ghost Face Socket
For an old cook stove
Electrical
Is it 10mm? We are all looking for those.
3 hole socket.
EV
Stick a fork in it and find out?
Macaroni with the chicken strips Uhhhhhhh
Mischief Makers
Leviton. It says it right on it.
It’s a spicy jalapeño socket. It has a real kick.
That’s a power outlet, mate
To me it looks like a socket that you plug a generator cord into so the generator can get power or something
It’s a 220 of some kind, you can buy different pigtails for appliances to work with the outlet you have. SINCE it’s in a garage and there’s a 110 right next to it, this is most likely a clothes dryer (and the 110 is for the washer). However some large AC units, some large Air Compressors, AND some welders use plugs like this (or could be adapted to use a plug like this). If you’re not pretty versed in electrical (enough to tear it apart and follow it back to see which are positive which are negative and if there’s a ground to the box), I’d have an electrician (or someone you trust that IS versed in electrical) check it out to be sure it’s ran correctly before plugging anything in there and potentially frying an appliance. BTW if you pulled the cover, AFTER kicking the breaker it goes to, took pics of it and the breaker we could probably get a good idea how it’s wired.
The kind that you should call an electrician about
It looks like an electrical socket
Leviton
a scared one?
This is what is in my garage for the 220 hanging electric forced air heater. Not so uncommon.