[AMRadio] 220 vac line

roy wildermuth w3rlw at rochester.rr.com
Sun Jul 24 23:40:39 EDT 2011


Rick,

I use 4 wire connecion.  Black and Red are Hot, White is neutral and Green
is chassis Ground.  Using romex you would use the bare wire in place of
green


Roy Wildermuth

On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Rick <rickb at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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