30 AMP home wiring Question
The previous owners of our home installed a 8/3 wire from the breaker box to the garage. I assume they intended to install a welder or something, but never did. The wire terminates in the breaker bo...
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greende wrote:
The old 30 amp 220V dryer type outlets did not use a ground. They relied on the common (white) to provide the ground and common. This is no longer acceptable. While I do not know what your codes officer will say at anytime in the future, for now I would do as others have said and use the red wire and mark it with green tape.
I installed new Maytag electric dryers back in the 50's and 60's, and they always came with a length of 10ga. bare aluminum wire and a ground clamp for attaching to a cold water pipe. This was the ground wire. The white wire provided the neutal for the 120v. motor, timer motor, and inside lights used on the dryer. The heating element did not use the neutral, as it was 240v.
