%0 amp connector part#

[freewill2008]

I agree with Don. If you are rebuilding the shore cable anyway, replace the
male connecter and go with the 4-pin system.

If they still make the old style connector, here is the complete information
(now that it is daylight and NOT snowing!) off my 50 connectors:

Arrow-Harting
Hart-Lock
Made in USA
U/L Listed 947B Connector
50A 250VAC

Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII WA

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Donald Watson" wrote:
>
> Chuck,
>
> I thought it was NEMA L6-50, but when I just looked it up, the L6
> configuration now lacks neutral. Instead, of the three pins being
> hot-hot-neutral, with the ground connection made via contacts in the case,
> the L6 now contains one pin dedicated to ground.
>
> Apparently 'code' now does not like the older version grounding via the
> case. If we want 240 and 120 vac (2 hot legs, neutral and ground),
> apparently we are supposed to use a NEMA L14 4-pole connector that has four
> pins, hot, hot, neutral and ground.
>
> I just replaced my original 1976 50 amp male connector on the bus to make it
> compatible with the 50 amp 240/120 volt cables I already use around marinas
> (3-poles plus case ground). When I spoke to a licensed electrician recently
> about installing a 50 amp receptacle outside the garage, he told me that
> code required this new four pin connector that I see associated with home
> generator connectors.
>
> Perhaps someone who knows more can elaborate.
>
> Regards,
>
> Donn
> 76 33FC
> South Kingstown, RI
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEMA_connector#NEMA_L6
>
> https://www.hubbellnet.com/max_htm/PDF_L.../h4636.pdf
>
>
> From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Wheeler
> Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 11:13 PM
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] %0 amp connector part#
>
> I want to make up a new 50 am cord for our 82FC. Does any one know the NEMA
> number for the female plug? The current one is so worn that the numbers
> cannot be read.
> - Chuck Wheeler-
> 1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX
>