Converting 14-30R Plug to 6-30R?

[redvalkyrie]

I just realized the 220V outlet in my garage is a 14-30R...or a dryer outlet.

I then realized nothing in the tool world uses this type of receptacle. I have read that I can cap the neutral to convert the receptacle to a 6-30R. Is this correct? Is a 6-30R the type of wall socket I need to run a compressor?

Here's a page I found for reference:

http://www.frentzandsons.com/Hardware%20References/plugandreceptacleconfiguratio.htm#30%20Amp.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

If you don't have a compressor yet, I would not do anything until you got one, and then see what plug it has on it.

Charles

 

[redvalkyrie]

If you don't have a compressor yet, I would not do anything until you got one, and then see what plug it has on it.

Good advice...but I have also been looking at portable electric heaters and they use the 6-30R plug. Has anyone seen a compressor that uses a 14-30R? Or a welder?

In my previous garage I was setup for 120V with my compressor and welder. I built a new house and one of things I requested was 220V in the garage so I could upgrade my equipment. Now, the dryer plug would be understandable in the garage IF I didn't already have one in the utility room...

 

[Nostraquedeo]

Just unhook the Neutral, cap it, and use the receptacle type you need for your equipment. If somebody asked me for a 220volt, 30 amp receptacle and no more information than that, I would have provided a neutral as well. Easier to disconnect, then to add.

 

[noslo04]

What kind of 1-phase 220V equipment might be found in a garage that would need a neutral, aside from a dryer?

 

[sberry]

Welders use 6-50