[Elecraft] 240V Line

[George Dubovsky]

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Phil Kane <k2asp at kanafi.org> wrote:
>
> 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!
>

Even if that is true,and I suspect "all" is a mis-statement, that doesn't
automatically mean that YOUR Authority Having Jurisdiction has adopted the
latest code (or the previous one or the one before that). Things move
slowly in some places.

73,

geo - n4ua

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