Electrical plug?

Likwid · Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Posts: 43

Part of getting the brewery up and running I had to replace my panel with a 200 AMP panel. The electrician talked about a 50 AMP breaker connected to a wire labeled "kenal".

Its left in the off position but I have no idea were it goes. The only odd plug I have in the house is this:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B19484Z50BvbbTRJNm9JRXk0NGs

I cant really find any info on it. Anybody have any idea what this is? What can be called Kenal and take a 50 AMP 2 pole?

huaco · Joined: 05 Apr 2012 Posts: 1506 Location: Burleson Texas

I can somewhat make out a sense of scale on this thing... picture with a ruler or tape measure would be great!

That said--This thing does not look NEAR substantial enough to handle 240V 50A.

Likwid · Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Posts: 43

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B19484Z50BvbWDJleEprU1NDSHc

Its hard to get a good pic its in the master bedroom and low to the floor. I found the 50 AMP actually goes to the Range (kitchen). Not sure why it was labeled Kenal (just got the electric upgraded today). But still wonder what this plug is actually for.

I have to go back through and relabel everything as the labeling on the old panel was not right.

huaco · Joined: 05 Apr 2012 Posts: 1506 Location: Burleson Texas

Looks like it may have been something like an antenna plugfrom back in the day. Can you put a multi meter in it to see if it is carrying wmf juice?

Kevin59 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:37 am Post subject:

Couldn't find that one but wow are there a lot out there!!!

http://electricaloutlet.org/

**kal** · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:52 pm Post subject:

Where is the world are you located? Maybe it's not english?

(I tried google translate and "Kenal" means "know" in indonesian so that's obviously not it). Wink

Kal

Likwid · Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Posts: 43

I'm in the USA, Maryland right next to Washington DC.

Nobody has ever been able to figure out what this plug is. I could not get a stable volt reading from it, it kept jumping around but always 0.75 or less Volts. I think my leads are not long enough to get a good connection.

The house was built in 1978.

the line labeled "Kenal" actual lead to the Range oven. My guess is that its just an abbreviation when it was being put in. Kitchen Electrical (something something).

So whatever this plug is, its on a different line.

wubears71 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:22 pm Post subject:

Is that a bell in the middle? If so, I'm guessing it's for a phone.

huaco · Joined: 05 Apr 2012 Posts: 1506 Location: Burleson Texas

wubears71 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:24 pm Post subject:

It's an old 4 prong phone jack.

Here is another one.

wubears71 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:25 pm Post subject:

Do a google search for "old phone 4 prong jack" and look at the images. There are all sorts of adapters for it.

wubears71 · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject:

What do I win?

**kal** · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject:

EDIT: Oops - someone beat me to it!

It's hard to tell from the pictures as they're blurry, but is that a bell symbol right in the middle?

That's an old phone plug. The fact that the 4 pins are not evenly spaced is the tell-tale sign. Before they went to modular jacks phone plugs looked like what you have there.

Your phone would have a plug on it like this:

Kal

huaco · Joined: 05 Apr 2012 Posts: 1506 Location: Burleson Texas

I like my KGB story better...

Likwid · Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Posts: 43

Funny I actually came back to post the wiki link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_plug

That's pretty interesting.