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What type of outlet is this?
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L6-20R
HUBBELL HBL2320ST LKG RCPT 20A 250V L6-20R BK SPRING T | Gordon Electric Supply, Inc.
Tesla does not sell a plug adapter for the L6-20 receptacle. EVSE Adapters has the adapter you would use with the Gen2 Mobile Connector to charge using your L6-20R outlet.
L6-20 Adapter for Tesla Model S/X/3 Gen 2 – EVSE Adapters
HUBBELL HBL2320ST LKG RCPT 20A 250V L6-20R BK SPRING T | Gordon Electric Supply, Inc.
Tesla does not sell a plug adapter for the L6-20 receptacle. EVSE Adapters has the adapter you would use with the Gen2 Mobile Connector to charge using your L6-20R outlet.
L6-20 Adapter for Tesla Model S/X/3 Gen 2 – EVSE Adapters
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Is this really an outlet? It could be a generator input for when they have a power failure and feed something in the building with a temporary power source. Is there power on this outlet right now? I'm NOT an electrician. Be VERY careful. If it's not your business, be DOUBLE careful.
Generator transfer outlets have male plug ends. A generator transfer also requires a transfer switch. The photo the Op posted is of a L6-20 receptacle.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Reliance-20-Amp-Generator-Power-Inlet-Box/4712835
I'm pretty sure that's not so. Wall receptacles, even for generator input, have to be female inputs, and then the cord from the generator is the one that has to have the prongs to go into it.
It definitely isn't. Read the text molded into the front of the outlet in the picture:
"20A.250V"
That says it's a 20A outlet, not 30A. And the picture is a little fuzzy, but I think I see only three slots for prongs, so it can't be a 14-XX type, which would need to have four slots. And if it were a dual voltage outlet type, it wouldn't just say "250V".
Generator inlets do have male plug ends, so that you aren't holding a cord with a live male plug attached to your running generator.
Besides, then you'd need a double-male cord to connect your generator to your house, which is called a suicide cord for a reason. (example)Definitely L6-20r. Completely ordinary twist lock receptacle for a 20A 240V circuit. There's a half dozen of them in my shop. The L14 has four prongs, not 3 and is a 120/240 dual voltage receptacle.
For 1, you should never start the generator first before going to connect it in for that reason. And for the other, having exposed prongs on a house outlet connected to a live circuit would be deadly, so I couldn't picture that happening.
So I just did some searching for generator input receptacles, and I see what is available, and why it makes sense to me and to you. They don't make them with exposed prongs. They are male, but all generator input receptacles are sold as boxes with spring loaded flip-down covers to keep the prongs covered all the time, so they are not exposed. Now that makes sense and satisfies all of the needed safety conditions.
Have you read this forum??!! "There [SHOULD BE] a transfer switch."
I have seen a LOT of posts on this forum of people's generator inputs that don't have lockout transfer switches, and hence exactly WHY they are using plain old female receptacles, so they don't leave live prongs sticking out of the walls.
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