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ChooChooMan74 wrote: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.
โFeb-17-2014 03:51 AM
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.
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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?"
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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.........
โFeb-16-2014 01:26 PM
Dutch Oven Man wrote:
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 box and is not hooked up to anything, and the wires are loose in the metal outlet box.
I was hoping to install a 50 amp service, but realized I don't have a ground wire. I have a red, white and black wire only.
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.
I found several people on here refer to www.myrv.us that has very good instructions about wiring a 30 amp service, but it doesn't address my question.
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