Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Photo of the Day: The Funky Mystery Outlet


I was out shopping with some clients this week and stumbled upon this oddity:


A quick search of Wikipedia seems to indicate it may be a derivative of a Soviet style electrical outlet.  What are your thoughts?

2 comments:

Paul said...

That's a 240 volt outlet. It takes a special plug. We use one for our air compressor.

Unknown said...

Paul is right. It is a 20 Amp 240 volt outlet. It is important to note that it is specifically for 20 Amp equipment as opposed to a 30A 240V dryer outlet or 50A 240V range outlet. Hope that helps! -Anthony