30A GFCI power cord

[scottland]

Took a little over a week. 10 days maybe?

 

[soundgodjr]

Are these still available online?

 

[scottland]

Looking at the website in the first post, they appear to be: 30 Amp Inline GFCI

 

[soundgodjr]

Checked my dryer outlet. Only a 3 wire feed

IMO, the GFCI will still work with a 3 wire feed IF and only IF your neutral is bonded to ground in the breaker box. I know this because I tried it on my 3 wire feed and it tripped while I was draining my kettle into my sink. I live in an apartment and it seems there is enough current in the water pipes to trip the GFCI!!! This was after I had grabbed the faucet and the kettle at the same time and felt a little jolt!! No bueno!

 

[milesvdustin]

I finally ordered mine, and it took about 8 days to arrive. Two of those days were weekend days. It is a massive beast of a cord and I am very pleased I got it for that price.

 

[scottland]

IMO, the GFCI will still work with a 3 wire feed IF and only IF your neutral is bonded to ground in the breaker box. I know this because I tried it on my 3 wire feed and it tripped while I was draining my kettle into my sink. I live in an apartment and it seems there is enough current in the water pipes to trip the GFCI!!! This was after I had grabbed the faucet and the kettle at the same time and felt a little jolt!! No bueno!

I can confirm it works like this. Just moved houses, only have a 3wire outlet with no ground run through the wall.. If the neutral is tied to the ground in the panel, you can tie the neutral to the ground before the GFCI, and it works. Word of warning, you can't use the neutral as a return, so you can't hook up anything within your box to use 120v. It all has to be 240.

It's not ideal, nor to code, but ya...

 

[movet22]

Bump...

The link doesn't seem to work for me. Did I miss out on this steal?

 

[bgarino]

Bump

 

[DustBow]

Yeah, pretty sure they're sold out...buddy tried to buy one a month or so ago, ended up having to get GFCI breaker

 

[bgarino]

Anybody know where else to find these?

 

[milesvdustin]

eBay perhaps?

 

[milldoggy]

I have one. Think I am moving to a gfci breaker when I rebuild next month. It will be up for sale then.

 

[squidtpd]

I just spoke the owner of hosfelt's today. He said that there are 14 of the 30A cords left. Better hurry, they are going fast. Cheers

 

[theknub]

just looked and didn't see any...

 

[movet22]

Same. That sucks, that could all go in a couple of hours... sigh, time to keep looking.

 

[squidtpd]

Give them a call or email. They have not been listed for a while. He said that he found 14 more in his warehouse. I was at his store on 2/19/13.

 

[movet22]

On the phone now! Score!!!!!!!!!!

The nice lady who helped me place my order said they are re-adding them to their website this afternoon. I decided to continue my order on the phone so that I could lock one in!

So pumped!

 

[theknub]

I did the same thing movet. I

appreciate the heads up squid, I have been looking high and low for these.

 

[BeerFather Brewing]

Still can't find them listed on the website (unless I am not searching for the right thing?). Guess I'll call tomorrow & hope they haven't sold out.....

 

[BeerFather Brewing]

Called this AM & ordered one. Young lady on the phone said they were getting a bunch of these in b/c they were selling like crazy.

 

[theknub]

you probably spoke with her 10 minutes after me.

 

[BeerFather Brewing]

Quick question, is it safe to hook this cord (4-wire: red, black, white, green) to a 3-prong (L6-30 NEMA)? Do I simply cap-off the white?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[milldoggy]

Quick question, is it safe to hook this cord (4-wire: red, black, white, green) to a 3-prong (L6-30 NEMA)? Do I simply cap-off the white?

Thanks for any advice.

No

 

[kosmokramer]

I believe the neutral is required for the gfi, u can't just cap it

 

[raouliii]

Quick question, is it safe to hook this cord (4-wire: red, black, white, green) to a 3-prong (L6-30 NEMA)? Do I simply cap-off the white?

Thanks for any advice.

Which end of the cord are you proposing to use the L6-30 or both? Is it the exact cord linked in the beginning of the thread?

Why do you want to do this? It already has 14-30s, why not use L14-30?

A 110/220 gfi monitors all currents in the three current carrying conductors and if the sum of the currents are non-zero it trips. Since this particular gfci was/is designed for a 110/220, the detection circuit inside the cord may need a neutral connection, back to the main panel, to operate correctly.

 

[BeerFather Brewing]

So, I was trying to figure out if my build-in-progress would work. I am in the process of building something akin to Kal's set-up. Specifically, I have my hot water element in a junction box on the side of my pot (Kal's heating element set-up). So, I have a ground in the junction box, then 2 wires to hook up to my element. I was originally considering using L6-30's, ala Kal. If I use an L14-30, how should I wire the inside of the junction box / heating element (seems like I would have 1 too many wires)?

Thanks for helping this make more sense....