50A 240V Plug with #2 Wire?

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I was wondering if anyone knows of any 50 amp 240V plugs that are compatible with #2 wire? All I have found only go up to #4. Trying to make a 300 ft extension cord from our meter pedestal with outlets up to our building site. Any ideas would be appreciated!
 
Hi, thanks for your reply. I have a follow up question if anyone can answer. We don’t have our meter pedestal installed yet. Once we have it set up with our panel and some outlets, the inspector will come out and look at it, then the utility will connect the power to our panel. After all that, are we allowed to connect a #2 SER cable to a 50A breaker (or to intermediary junction box) without having an electrical inspector look at it? The SER cable would just be run on the ground up to our building site. Not sure if we’re allowed to do that? We’re in Upstate NY if that’s relevant. I thought the extension cord would be the work around, that’s why I was looking at that option. Thanks!
 
mystereons41 said:
I was wondering if anyone knows of any 50 amp 240V plugs that are compatible with #2 wire? All I have found only go up to #4. Trying to make a 300 ft extension cord from our meter pedestal with outlets up to our building site. Any ideas would be appreciated!
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Splice a smaller conductor on the #2

Roger
 
Wire sizes- use pigtails or junction box as needed.

SER on the ground and the like- Will this installation comply with Art 590 (temporary wiring)? You can do a lot of otherwise-unacceptable things under 590 but read it closely.
 
In these-here parts, we get the house rough-in inspected, with the service and panel made up, a GFCI receptacle in the laundry outlet, and EGC connections made in all boxes, and we get a release to energize sent by the locality to the POCO.

Then all that's left is the final inspection.
 
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So the Polaris would be something like this correct?


And it’s only rated for dry locations, so it would need to be in a junction box? What kind of junction box would be recommended for this application?

Or I could use the cheaper metal connectors you sent and insulate. What is 33+?
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Scotch 33+ high grade electrical tape. You could also use heat shrink or cold shrink.
 
Ever thought about going to a larger plug and receptacle. Nothing wrong with having the plug oversized as well as the wire.
 
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