[Elecraft] 240V Line

[Phil Kane]

On 12/24/2014 10:39 AM, Jim Brown wrote:

> Installing a 240V outlet is not a big deal unless the construction of
> your home makes it difficult to run the cable. Barring that, a competent
> electrician should be able to do that in a half day; a difficult run
> could double the work. All that is required is a pair plus a Green wire.
> If you also want 120V outlets from the same circuit, you'll need another
> conductor for the neutral.

IIRC the latest code update now requires the separate neutral ("white
wire") to be run in all 240V circuits.  I did that in a 1969 when I
finished the basement in a year-old home!

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon