[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)

[sgarnett]

On the shoeless cobbler's kids topic, I screwed up by buying my house from a family of electricians. It LOOKED good, with neatly wired big industrial salvage fuse boxes (three together in the garage), umpteen different lightly-loaded circuits, and 200A service (unusual for a 40-year-old semi-rural house in this area).

The voyage of discovery started, in fact, when I bought the welder and wanted to add a circuit. I couldn't figure out which breaker the washer was on. That was because the 110V washer outlet was connected to one one side of the 30A dryer outlet. No worries, though (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Even though the wiring was sized for 30A, it had a 50A breaker to handle both loads (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif) I also swapped out the 100A slow breaker for the heat pump outdoor unit with a 50A slow breaker as specified on the name plate, downsized the water heater breaker and pulled new wires for it, found a big conduit to Romex junction box with all the grounds twisted together and the pigtail twisted through a screw hole (no screw), and so on.

This post has been edited by sgarnett: Nov 12 2008, 02:54 PM