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As long as everything is working right, it should work OK since nothing powered by a 14-50 plug should be able to draw more than 40A. Any device that draws more than 40A is supposed to be hardwired.Are you sure he put in a 60 amp breaker? If so, that's against code with a 14-50 plug since the plug is only rated at 50 amps. You want the breaker to be the first thing that pops (not the outlet).
If he installed 60A capable wire with a 50A breaker for now, that would be okay. And it would be simple to just swap the 50A breaker to a 60A when you're ready to hard wire.
But the point of a breaker is also to protect the circuit if something malfunctions and tries to draw more. So there is a little extra risk there.
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