[rescue] Odd power cords

[ajones]

> Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:30:19 -0400
> From: Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net>
> Subject: [rescue] Odd power cords
> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>,  The Rescue List
> 	<rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Message-ID: <4724FF6B.5000805 at speakeasy.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> I have just discovered, in the course of packing the garage, five
> modular power cords with a connector I've never seen before.  Instead of
> the typical US three-pin power connector that looks like this:
>
>   o
> |   |
>
> They have a three-pin connector that looks like this:
>
>    o
> __   __
>
> Anyone know what they are?  Anyone want them?
>   
That's perfectly normal.  It's NEMA 6-30R, a high-voltage/high-current 
version of the standard US plug.  You would use it on air conditioners 
or some other 220v small appliance.