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Wiley123
Explorer
Feb 18, 2020

Welding outlet with 50 amp rv outlet

I am out of room for extra breakers in my breaker box. I have a 220 3 wire outlet for my welder in the garage. Can I branch off of that outlet and install a 4 wire rv outlet if I run a separate neutral wire back to breaker panel? Would like to have both outlets and no adapters and I will not be using them simultaneously.
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  • Wiley123's avatar
    Wiley123
    Explorer
    Feb 18, 2020
    thanks guys, I know it won’t be up to code but just wanted to get another opinion.
  • Lwiddis's avatar
    Lwiddis
    Explorer II
    Feb 18, 2020
    And your qualifications to do all this re-wiring to code are?
  • theoldwizard1's avatar
    theoldwizard1
    Explorer II
    Feb 18, 2020
    Wiley123 wrote:
    I am out of room for extra breakers in my breaker box. I have a 220 3 wire outlet for my welder in the garage. Can I branch off of that outlet and install a 4 wire rv outlet if I run a separate neutral wire back to breaker panel?

    Not NEC compliant, but ...

    much better than using the ground as neutral.
  • ScottG's avatar
    ScottG
    Nomad
    Feb 18, 2020
    I would, as long as you provide the Neutral, you're golden but I'm sure some here are going to cringe.
    Be warned, there are going to be some people here that misread your post and go on and on about how you're going to fry your RV.

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