6-50r to 10-50r adapter ?

[0cp]

I have a 10-50r outlet in my garage. Cheap Mig welder is a 6-50r, can I buy an adapter or do I need to wire in a separate 6-50r outlet?

 

[600SL]

I have a 10-50r outlet in my garage. Cheap Mig welder is a 6-50r, can I buy an adapter or do I need to wire in a separate 6-50r outlet?

Yu can just replace the 10-50r with a 6-50r and cap off the neutral with a wire nut.

 

[alfredeneuman]

Yu can just replace the 10-50r with a 6-50r and cap off the neutral with a wire nut.

Not necessarily. If the box is ungrounded that would not be safe.

If it's fed off the main service panel, you could just strip the white insulation for it's entire exposed length, leave it terminated to the neutral/ground busbar and use it for the ground.

If if it fed from a subpanel you could do the same thing, but you'd need to terminate it to the ground bar.

In either case be sure to bond the ground to the box if metal

 

[DC73]

If it's fed off the main service panel, you could just strip the white insulation for it's entire exposed length, leave it terminated to the neutral/ground busbar and use it for the ground.

Could you not just wrap green tape around both ends of the neutral when converting it to a ground in case you ever needed to reverse the situation and reuse it as a neutral?

DC

 

[alfredeneuman]

Could you not just wrap green tape around both ends of the neutral when converting it to a ground in case you ever needed to reverse the situation and reuse it as a neutral?

DC

If the conductor was #4 or over you could. If #6 or smaller it's prohibited by Code.

A 50A circuit is usually #6.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

to what alfred said