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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I am still wayne_tw wrote:on my panel, all the neutrals and any circuits that have a ground are all connected to the same bus.Johno02 wrote:
The white wire is always a ground, and codes may just require an earth ground at the outlet.
This is totally incorrect! The white wire is a neutral and is required to complete the circuit. The ground wire will be bare and will ultimately connect to a ground to earth. Sometimes the neutral and ground are bonded, but the two are separate circuits.
