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There are a bunch of different plugs in houses in the US, look at electric stoves and clothes dryers.
by wumpus 4y ago
There are a bunch of different plugs in houses in the US, look at electric stoves and clothes dryers.
- itsoktocry 4y ago>look at electric stoves and clothes dryers Those are 240V plugs, which are also standardized.
- vel0city 4y agoThey're all a part of the NEMA standard. The different plugs denote different capacities of the circuit and the requirements of the load. That way you can't accidentally plug a 30A device in a 15A circuit or you can't plug a 120V device into a 240V plug. If the wiring to your stove top is only 30A but you bought a 50A stove, you shouldn't be able to plug it in and just hope the circuit breaker trips before the wires melt to let you know you did it wrong. Its not like there's a plug for Samsung TVs, a different plug for Sonos sound bars, a different plug for a Sony alarm clock, a different plug for a Singer sewing machine, etc. They're all going to be a NEMA 5-15 plug since all of these things are ~120V and use less than 15A.
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