How do you connect the NEMA L5-30R outlet?

Answer 1

A NEMA 14-30P is a plug. A 14-30R is a 3pole 4wire grounding receptacle for 125/250 volts. To wire the receptacle connect a three wire cable's red and black wires to terminals X and Y respectively. Connect the cable's white wire to the W terminal and the ground wire to the G terminal.

Answer 2

A Nema L5-30 receptacle is similarly wired like a standard receptacle except all wires are sized to #10 including the ground and supplied by a 30 amp single pole breaker. It has a neutral (white) to pin W, hot (phase color) and ground (green) to pin G.

The L indicates that it is a lock type receptacle, so the face is circular with 3 openings in a concentric shape. <><><> As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed. Before you do any work yourself,

on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,

always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB

SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY

REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.

Answer 3

L5-30R is specifically a 125Vac, 2 pole, 3 wire locking receptacle. It would be wired the same as a standard 5-15(aka standard 3 prong), except a larger wire guage is typically used back to the service panel. The receptacle itself will be color coded black, white/nuetral, and always green/ground.

Answer 4

An L5-20P is a two pole three wire grounding 20 amp, 125 volt plug . The neutral wire is connected to the W terminal, the ground wire to the G terminal and the hot wire to the only terminal that is left.

Answer 5

Wiring a duplex receptacle

Looking at the duplex receptacle from the front side directly on, you should see a larger blade hole (silver) on the left, smaller (brass) blade hole on the right and a U shaped ground blade on the bottom. The white wire connects under the left (silver) coloured screw, the black wire connects under the right (brass) coloured screw and the green wire under the green ground screw. Wiring a group of receptacles together requires them to be paralleled together. White to whites, black to blacks and ground wire to ground wires.

Answer 6

The neutral wire is connected to the W terminal, the ground wire to the G terminal and the hot wire to the last terminal. The small blade is neutral (white), the larger blade is hot (black) and the notched blade is ground (green).

Answer 7

This is a 277 volt AC plug. It is classed as a two pole three wire grounding plug. Green wire on the G terminal screw, white wire on the W terminal screw and the "hot" wire on the remaining screw.

Answer 8

Green is earth ground ,usually has a L shaped .
White is NEUTRAL
red Hot
black hot