KarenRei
10-15-2009, 05:02 PM
Apparently NEMA 6-50 sockets are the near universal standard in the US for silo unloaders:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Silo_-_50A_power_socket_for_silo_unloader.jpg/150px-Silo_-_50A_power_socket_for_silo_unloader.jpg
http://www.patzag.com/images/products/ag/sunl/a1/sua1_1-1.jpg
Given that I know virtually nothing about silo unloaders... would these sockets be at all accessible? If so, that's seem a wonderful opportunity for someone who discovers that they've run out of charge in the middle of rural nowhere. Looks to me like there's an extension cord hooked up to the device itself... but whether that extension cord plugs in on the inside of the silo or outside, I can't tell. I *think* those brown things are doors in the silo for discharging the contents, and it looks like the cord is headed toward one of them.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Silo_-_50A_power_socket_for_silo_unloader.jpg/150px-Silo_-_50A_power_socket_for_silo_unloader.jpg
http://www.patzag.com/images/products/ag/sunl/a1/sua1_1-1.jpg
Given that I know virtually nothing about silo unloaders... would these sockets be at all accessible? If so, that's seem a wonderful opportunity for someone who discovers that they've run out of charge in the middle of rural nowhere. Looks to me like there's an extension cord hooked up to the device itself... but whether that extension cord plugs in on the inside of the silo or outside, I can't tell. I *think* those brown things are doors in the silo for discharging the contents, and it looks like the cord is headed toward one of them.