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My meter is a Klein cl800 and I was also monitoring amps and wattage on the spider box with a killawatt too (from harbor freight). I just wanted to measure what the portable AC tops out at for the sake of other future uses in my home office. It's a warm room thing. So short story long, I went...

No I don't understand it. I guess I don't need to really. I can read up later more when I might have free time (probably never in my world). I knew it wouldn't work with the adapter and my interest was more in the regards to why it works like it does and I was just curious what it would look...

Thanks for the info. I do understand the reasons and issues but just not sure why the erratic voltages I was seeing and how that never adds up. It seems to me you would see all of it instead of 100 volts. I did do some googling and you know sometimes it's about how you ask google the question...

Well, I ignited a flurry of code quoting and discussion outside the scope of my question, which wasn't my desire, so sorry about that. Circling back to my original question on this post, I did get the spider box and the adapter plug to test it all out. The neutral is definitely left open and...

Year over year who knows but considering up front the electricians quoted me 15K to install a meter loop I'll start there. I'm also in the city so there is codes to be followed and you need a licensed sparky for all the inspections. After that figure out whatever the county wants to asses and...

That isn't the one I was looking at but the one I was looking at was on amazon and probably similar or the same given the pricing. I think it would have been fine if I was just running downstream to my powder coat oven or a similar 3 prong device. Wanting to run the spider box off it probably...

It's worth noting at some point I am going to probably add a solar generator into the mix for all my 120 needs to just be able to have the shop running on it's own during the day. I may dabble at night or in the evenings but that is where the solar generator will store for the time I am out...

Yeah I've pulled the plug on the wall and then also double checked in the breaker panel. The place was built in 2018 so I thought by code it should have been a 4 conductor but I guess there was some provision at the time for if it is a welder circuit it could be the 3 conductor setup. I have...

Probably a lot, that is why I am trying to prevent doing damage in the process.

I think it was a way for outlet makers to force people to spend money on needless wiring and outlets. There are plenty of 3 plug ev adapters out there that are safe already

I had not seen that but thanks for point it out. I guess I overlooked that part. Maybe some of the pricier units have different RV capabilities. I wish my plug in the garage had been wired with the 6/3 conductor originally but it wasn't. I could probably change it with an external sub...

I am aware its not 120 Volt. I am looking at using it to go to the spider box which has a 4 conductor SS2-50 plug which is for RV and offshore connection of 50 amp 240 volt. I was just unsure if the nema 6-50 to nema 14-50 adapter would allow it to work. Seems like the general consensus is no...

I could do it with either but having it in hand means I would have to buy it first which I am trying to avoid if it's not going to work. Sure I could return it, but rather test the waters with knowledge and maybe someone's experience first. For thos wondering it's amazon chinese. There are...

NO which is why i said my plug in the garage is already a nema6-50 and only has 3 conductors.

Yeah that is what I was thinking.