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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AniJet wrote:Dutch Oven Man wrote:
..........My question is, can I use the red wire as my ground for a 30 amp service? I'm thinking I would connect my hot and neutral as usual to a 30 amp single pole, and the red to the ground buss bar in the breaker box.........
Yes you can. If you're worried about the next guy just strip the red insulation back as far as you can on both ends and make it look like a bare ground. It will work fine and no one will be the wiser.
To some of the answers here all I can say is "Really?"
My thought as well. Strip it back to the PVC so it looks like a ground.
