[GlennCMC70]

there is no 220V service in my garage - thats about to change.

i picked up a 250V 30A outlet (3 slots arranged in a circle w/ one looking like a "L") which matches the plug on the welder.
i have a 30A breaker that takes up two slots in the breaker panel for the house (located in the garage!)
i have some new 10 gauge 3 conductor wire (black, white, and green conductors).
snap the breaker in place - make sure its switched off.
install a black and white conductor in one of the two set screw slots in the 30A breaker.
connect the other ends of the black/white to the outlet and the ground to the ground on the back of the outlet and inside the breaker panel (metal box).


to be honest here, the only thing i know about A/C electricity is it can kill you. other than that, i don't know jack. i can replace a bad outlet/socket/switch, but i couldnt wire any 110v circuit from the box to the wall if i had to.

so does the above sound right? i know there should normally be a red wire to use in place of the white, but i've read thats really only required for 4 prong plug/outlets.

looking for the FRAXX guidance here oh wise one's. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/drink.gif)

[Torque]

Thanks for the explanation on Romex. The melting wire having the metal conduit as a shield/last grounding resort makes a lot of sense. Hopefully with the way they have codes these days with all the new circuits I installed (one for fridge, one for dishwasher, one for disposal, one for range hood, one for the microwave, 2 for lighting, 2 for outlets in the kitchen alone), seems like I'd be challenged to overload the romex by having it close to impossible to oversubscribe.

Now I just worry about the remaining knob and tube wiring in the rest of the house ;-)

[nape]

Thanks for the explanation on Romex. The melting wire having the metal conduit as a shield/last grounding resort makes a lot of sense. Hopefully with the way they have codes these days with all the new circuits I installed (one for fridge, one for dishwasher, one for disposal, one for range hood, one for the microwave, 2 for lighting, 2 for outlets in the kitchen alone), seems like I'd be challenged to overload the romex by having it close to impossible to oversubscribe.

Now I just worry about the remaining knob and tube wiring in the rest of the house ;-)

Knob and tube isn't too scary (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

In some of the old buildings in Chicago, when they were originally converted over to electric lighting from gas lighting, the gas pipe was reused and they just pulled wire through it. Theoretically, this works great because gas pipe is just like Rigid electrical conduit. Super safe!

Well, super safe until you pull the plug out of the pipe to get a little slack in the wire or re-pull... and GAS COMES OUT! Whoever originally did the conversion never seperated the "gas" and "electrical" pipe work!

I'll take knob and tube over that any day, unless there's been a squirrel in the attic chewing on it... which leads me into the next reason big cities need pipe. The mice and rats would have the electrical system in shambles in a few days with as much as they like to chew insulation.

A while ago, the contractor my best friend works for got a job running 6" EMT pipe in a hotel re-model downtown. The pipe wasn't for anything electrical. It was for the beer and soda lines running to the bar from the barrels/syrup bags in the basement. They have to do that otherwise the rats will chew holes in the clear plastic tubing and suck the sweet syrup for all the drinks.

The more you know... (you wish you didn't)

This post has been edited by nape: Nov 11 2008, 04:40 AM