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IEC 60309IEC 60309

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Pole count. Amps. Hour. One body.

A pin & sleeve plug is named by three facts: how many poles it carries, its amperage, and the hour position of its earth contact, which fixes the voltage and the colour. Answer the three, or type the code printed on the body, and we show the cell and what we have in it.

1 How many poles?

Pole count · amps · P plug / C connector / R receptacle / B inlet · hour · S splashproof or W watertight. A 320P6W is a 3-wire, 20 A plug with the earth at 6 o'clock, IP67.

2 How many amps?
3 Where is the earth contact?
5h · 3ØY 347/600V · black55h6h · 220/380-240/415V · red66h7h · 3ØY 277/480V · red77h9h · 3ØY 120/208V · blue99h3P+N+E220/380-240/415V
220/380-240/415V

30 A · 6h · 3P+N+E · 220/380-240/415V

Body code 530P6 · red body

  • Earth contact at 6 o'clock: 220/380-240/415V. That position is the interlock; a 220/380-240/415V body cannot enter a socket keyed for another voltage.
  • Red body: the standard's colour for 220/380-240/415V, so the voltage reads from across the room.
  • 3P+N+E: three phase with neutral.
  • 30 A is the North American rating (UL 1682 / c(UL)us); the same body is rated 32 A under IEC 60309-2. One part, two listings, never mixed in one range statement.

The devices for this cell.

4 connectors · 4 plugs in our pin & sleeve range, all to this body — 530P6 and its mates.

See them: IEC 60309 Plugs · IEC 60309 Connectors

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