220 Volt mishap
I went to plug in my RV inside my parents shop my dad had wired. The outlet is a 220 volts with three prongs. Something similar you would plug in a welder or compressor. I used the 30 amp RV receptac...
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babun wrote:DrewE wrote:Calkidd wrote:
Ok, this is my way around not having two hot leads and a neutral.
DON'T use this. Besides the undersized wire, you have put 240V between each leg of the outlet and the neutral of the outlet. You will cause (more) damage to stuff in your RV with this setup.
Based on the thread and the picture, I think it would be wisest to hire an electrician to install the outlet for you. I'm in no way against doing things yourself, even electrical work, but it needs to be done properly and safely. This is neither.
That is NOT 240 volts. To get 240volts {in the USA}, you must have TWO different phases. IE the black leg in the panel box and the red leg. The smaller 12 gage wire is rated at 25 amps if it is common THHN wire. There are 12 gage wires that can handle more amps.The code book states it to be used on 20 amp wiring in most cases but. His rewired outlet , while not conventional, will work just fine.
He posted this was a 240V two wire circuit (with ground but no neutral). Very commonly a pure 240V circuit will use ordinary 2 conductor plus ground cabling, with one hot being white and the other black (and no neutral). Hooking the white wire up to the neutral terminal on the outlet does not make it a neutral wire, and does not alter the voltages present between it and the other hot.
