[AMRadio] 220 vac line

[Craig Heaton]

Should of added:

Use the White wire and the two hots at the outlet! The ground is a safety
ground and is NOT to carry current in normal operation. Trying to remember
how my 3 prong 240VAC outlet is wired regarding the bare/green ground? Might
be a green capped/colored screw?

Craig,




-----Original Message-----
From: amradio-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:amradio-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rick
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 6:44 PM
To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'
Subject: [AMRadio] 220 vac line

I'm sure this has been discussed but my memory refuses to let the info go. I
am wiring a 220 VAC line into the new shack and I am uncertain about the
neutral and ground wires. I installed a new sub panel complete with
isolation buss bar for the neutral (white) wire from the 220 outlet. The new
sub panel has the neutral buss bar grounded to the main panel ground buss
bar. This is the way I understand it is supposed to be. The outlet I am
installing is a 20 amp 3 wire (two hot, one ground) unit. My concern is, do
I use the bare ground or the white neutral wire for the ground lug on the
outlet? Also, do I simply leave the unused of the two (white or bare)
disconnected in the new sub panel?

Thanks for any assistance and advice.

Rick / K5IAR

______________________________________________________________
Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net
AMRadio mailing list
Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/
List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html
List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
Post: AMRadio at mailman.qth.net
To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-request at mailman.qth.net with
the word unsubscribe in the message body.

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html