guys,
my existing outlet for my AC is 240V now we bought a new unit w/c is
110V, but when i opened my 240V receptacle it ony has 3 wires, 2 hot wires w/c is both 110V & 1 ground, no neutral wire, my question is:
thanx
Extremely. Kill the breaker ... now!
You say you have 3 wires. Open your panel, replace the 220 volt (double) breaker with a 120 volt (single) breaker, put the black wire on the breaker, use the red as the neutral, (mark it with white tape to indicate this is it's new purpose), and use the ground as the ground.
If you've never worked in a panel before - stop, call an electrician.
Best of luck. Matt
According to Matt Morgan :
Codewise-speaking, you can mark a white wire black, but not vice-versa.
It'd be better if the wire was already black and white. It might be.
Ditto.
Doh! Don't know what I was thinking, I've never seen any cable with just black and red wires. One is always white, as far as I've ever seen anyway.
Anyway, thanks for the code pointer, I wasn't aware of that.
You are incapable of it. You're an unemployed plumber, and yet you insist on giving electrical advice.
You just said it all, right there. Moron. Where do you get the balls offering electrical advice when you've never even SEEN anything other than 12/2 Romex ?
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Thanks,
Pop
Could I talk you into f****ng yourself, asshole ?
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Zack,
I am not trying to flame you, but the question that you asked is extremely elementary and if you don't already know the answer, then you shouldn't be doing this wiring without doing a lot of reading and studying on home wiring, the NEC, etc. Or get a very reliable friend to assist you on this project.
You want to create a new setup which is (1) 100% functional for your new requirements, (2) 100% safe, (3) 100% conforming to the NEC and (4) 100% non-confusing to ANYBODY moderately competent who ever works on that wiring in the next 100 years. Please note that some wiring which conforms to the NEC may still be confusing to a friend or neighbor who may work on your wiring in the future when you may not be around.
Good luck, Gideon
Very. Turn off the breaker now. This is unsafe. A person could get a fatal shock from touching the case of the unit, if some other part of his body is grounded.
Replace the 240V breaker with two 120V breakers. Connect the black wire to one of those breakers, and the white wire to the neutral bus bar in your panel. You now have one 120V circuit going to the AC outlet, and one free 120V breaker. Now wire the 120V receptacle properly, with the black wire on the hot side (the gold-colored screw), the white wire on the neutral side (silver-colored screw), and the bare wire to the ground (green screw).
Then, please, for the safety of you and your family, go to the library and get a book on residential electrical wiring. Read it, and learn how to be safe, before you do *any* more work on your wiring. You don't know enough (yet) to avoid being dangerous.
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