I want to wire all my regular recepticles with #10 wire which I know I can use 30 amp breakers with. Does anyone carry 30 amp 120 volt recepticles or can I use the 20 amp recepticles? I can't get anyone at Home Depot in the electrical department to answer the phone. Best answer with a link to this item (if it exists) gets ten points. Please not a lowes link. I don't care to do business with them as I can never get anyone in my local store (Nederland, TX) to help me, while Home Depot has bent over backwards and done cartwheels to help me. Thanks.
using number 10 wire is extreme wasted overkill. It shows you probably do not know what you are doing. 12 is fine for 20 amps. that is plenty good for any hospital or commercial building unless each and every outlet is a dryer or a huge coffee maker. just trying to help.
No, they do not make a general purpose receptacle that is rated 30 amps, 15 and 20 amps only. If for some unknown reason you must install 30 amp receptacles, you'll have to use a receptacle with a different configuration. I guess if you have a house full of dryers and nothing else it would work.
You want a NEMA 5-30R receptacle but they're hard to find because virtually no one uses them. You occasionally see one on an RV. These receptacles aren't compatible with normal 15- and 20-amp plugs, so I'm not seeing what you're trying to accomplish. I'd just run more 20-amp circuits if you really need a lot of power.
