electrical plug question

snowery · #1 2012-02-05, 1:00pm

hello everyone
i just bought a paragon kiln (f130) but it has a strange electrical plug. does anyone know what kind it is? also is there an adapter so it can be used on a standard 20 amp outlet?

ps. paragon instruction manual that comes with the kiln is not even for the f130

thank you for any help

Dale M. · #2 2012-02-05, 1:15pm

There is a bunch of different plugs.... Got a picture or some sort of description...

http://www.generatorjoe.net/html/web...quailplug.html

Anything in these charts or site look familiar...

Dale

snowery · #3 2012-02-05, 1:44pm

thanks i am still searching but the plug appears to be a nema 5-20
and while i wired my garage so i have several free circuits with 20 amp breakers i will try to find an adapter to go from the paragon plug to a standard outlet. (to long a sentence)

Puddy Tat Glass · #4 2012-02-05, 2:02pm

You could just change out your plug for something one like this that's made for the 5-20 http://www.levitonproducts.com/catal...B16CC&pid=1208

snowery · #5 2012-02-05, 2:37pm

thanks puddy tat glass for the info. what a dimwit/thinking too much person i am. my garage, on some circuits is wired for 20 amps, and when i wired it i used the 20 amp rated receptacles which have a T slot to indicate that the circuit is rated for 20 amps. the paragon f130 kiln should plug right in. apparently paragon uses that type of plug (nema 5-20p) so that a person cannot plug it into a 15 amp circuit. paragon, if they had designed the kiln with the standard plug and a person then plugging it into a 15 amp circuit would have tripped the circuit breaker.

thanks to all and i hope this helps others that have the some problem as i that think too much