[AMRadio] 220 vac line

[Bernie Doran]

Hi Rick: if you are using a three wire receptacle, you have two 120 volt 
legs ( 240)  and a neutral, so run the Neutral( ground)  to the white buss, 
they are the same if both connected together but it looks cleaner that way. 
best is to run to a four wire recptacle, with two  grounds back ( one 
neutral and one ground)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick" <rickb at tx.rr.com>
To: "'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'" 
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Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 9:43 PM
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
>
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