Charging on L6-30R 30A receptacle?

restarted said:

Hi folks,

I have a 3 prong type outlet in my shop. It's a Hubbell L6-30R type outlet. I'm getting 211V from this outlet on my voltmeter.

It looks like the 220V plug from the Stark charger is a L14-30P type plug. From asking chatgpt (lol) it sounds like these two may not be compatible? Something about the L6-30R does not provide neutral, just hot-hot-ground.

Can anyone speak to whether this would be a bad idea to try and find and/or make an adapter?

Thanks!

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AL_V said:

The charger does not use the neutral, there are only 3 wires in the cord, 2 hots and ground, so no reason not to make or buy an adapter.
Just in case you are considering cutting off the the plug, make sure to use a multimeter to verify which wire is ground, because the early cords used black for ground, and green and white for L1 and L2. I'm not sure if this changed when they went to molded plugs.

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restarted said:

Thanks for the reply. I’m thinking I’ll order the 240V plug adapter (SMX1-AC-CH-05-US240) and then wire up a L6-30R plug and I should be good to go?

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