i just got done wiring my garage and as we forgot to buy one, he just told me to go buy one later and put in a 220V 30A outlet. we wired it to the panel and all, just left the wires loose in the box which is located right below the panel.
the electrician told me to run the copper wire to the neutral prong instead of the white wire. his reasoning was that a loose copper wire in the box could accidentally touch one of the lugs that was hot, but you could just wire nut the neutral and it wont touch anything. this way i dont have to trim off the copper ground wire and if i ever need to i can switch to a 4 prong outlet instead of a 3 prong one.
now i know how the neutral and the ground are related and connected, and i dont see a problem. but im not an electrician.
so my question is, is the inspector gonna have a fit or is this a common practice?
randy