Mark E Smith
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OK Leo in another thread got me thinking about putting an overhead heater in too...thinking about the same one Leo is looking at, or maybe the 5000 watt unit. I have a 220v plug but I am a little confused about it. My dad built this shop back in the 80's (he passed in 2005) so I am still learning it and what he had set up. The plug looks like the pic below, which is a 3 prong 50amp plug, but the breaker box has it as a 30 amp dual pole breaker. Seems confusing, do I need to update the plug to the correct one for 30 amp, seems mismatched. I can get a pigtail for this plug from the heater, so that is not a problem. I don't want to hardwire the heater, because I want to plug it in, just in case I need to use the outlet for future use, (maybe a welder, could unplug the heater and plug the welder), or what ever else I might need that is 220v... if I hardwire I lose that circuit ...