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Preparing for UPS (208v, 2wire), wiring, plugs,...??

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Help me buy the correct wiring/plugs/... to setup a UPS I've bought (details/pictures posted below). If at all relevant for any code I'm in Canada, also live in a high-rise were we get 120/208 rather than the usual 120/240.

The UPS pulls 16A and suggests 20A on breaker.
I bought two breakers, one identical to what I have in slot 2 of my panel, 15-40-40-15 (below) and the other 15-20-20-15

Questions:

a) which breaker should I use, any drawbacks to using the 40A and connecting to two plugs (one used by the UPS and one free for now)?

b) What wire would I need for each of the two breakers I have? (tried but can't read the label of the wire used currently in slot2).

c) with the combo of breaker/wire you chose above what type and rating of plug should I use? NEMA L6-20? NEMA L6-30? for NEMA I would just need to buy a power cord for ups as the...


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