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How do you wire a 240V plug?

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If you have a sub-panel in the garage already then the job is fairly simple. You will first need to figure out approxiametely how many amps your will be drawing from that receptacle while using your tools. You'll need the following material: A double pole breaker to match your panel (with correct amp rating to match your receptacle and cable), A 240 volt receptacle (with correct amp rating), and two conductor cable (12-2 or 10-2 Romex-depending on whether you'll be installing a 20 or 30 amp receptacle 12 AWG for 20, 10 AWG for 30 amps. Being that you'll be running two hots from the panel to the receptacle, you only need two conductor cable. In the panel, put the black under one screw on the double pole breaker and the white on the other screw on the breaker, you should reidentify the white wire as black with a piece of black electrical tape. Tie your ground wire into the grounding bar of the panel. Now the panel is taken care of. At the receptacle box, put one wire under each of the copper screws of the receptacle and of course your grounding conducter to the ground screw. Once again, re-id your white as black. That should be it...
If you have an attached garage and no sub panel, just rout your wire from the main panel out to your garage and follow the same procedure. In a main panel the only difference is the neutrals and grounds are attached together... so you don't need to worry about the grounding bar

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Check out the Home Electricity part of this page, this question gets anwered several times in there. Good Luck.

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What adapters do you need to plug your 240V Ac plug into a 110V AC supply?

There are no adptors to plug a 240v plug into a 120v receptacle. 240v requires two hot wores and a neutral and ground. 120v requires one hot wire, a neutral and a ground. If you have something that runs on 240/120 you need the cord and adaptor that came with the equipment as you willl need the wires to mate up accordingly.


WIll sump motor blow if I connect 240V?

It may not blow, but it will turn twice as fast and burn out very quickly. It is meant for 110 only. Check the sump pump. Some of them can be wired either 120v or 240v. If yours is like that, just wire the motor for 240v and plug it in.


Can you substitute 10A 250V plug with 6A 240v plug?

no


Can you use a 120v cord that will fit a 240v socket the appliance is 240 and the cord is thick?

120v and 240v cords usually have different end configurations and will not plug into the different recepticles. However, if you changed the plug end, and the cord has the proper size rating, then yes, you could use the same cord. But, it also depends on the cord too. Most 120v cords only have three wires in them. One "hot one "neutral" and one "ground" wire. A 240v cord would have FOUR wires, two "hot" wires, one neutral wire, and one ground wire. Therefore, if you changed the voltage from 120v to 240 using a 3 wire cord, you'd not have a ground wire and that could be VERY dangerous. Note that occasionally a 240v device (e.g. some motors) will only need three wires (red,black,green, no neutral) and can be wired with a 120v cord if the cord is rated for 240v.


Wiring circuit for 240V welder with 3 prong plug pulling 6-3 wire do you need to replace welder cable with a 4 lead cable-plug or can you avoid the white lead to wire a 3 prong outlet red-black-green?

It depends on the welder. If it doesn't need 120V you can just put a wire nut on the neutral and wire a 240V plug. If it needs 120/240V you need the 4 prong plug. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOBSAFELY AND COMPETENTLYREFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.If you do this work yourself, always turn off the powerat the breaker box/fuse panel BEFORE you attempt to do any work ANDalways use an electrician's test meter having metal-tipped probes(not a simple proximity voltage indicator)to insure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.

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I have 240V 3 wire twistlock plug and want to wire it so I have 120V outlet?

Don't!


What adapters do you need to plug your 240V Ac plug into a 110V AC supply?

There are no adptors to plug a 240v plug into a 120v receptacle. 240v requires two hot wores and a neutral and ground. 120v requires one hot wire, a neutral and a ground. If you have something that runs on 240/120 you need the cord and adaptor that came with the equipment as you willl need the wires to mate up accordingly.


WIll sump motor blow if I connect 240V?

It may not blow, but it will turn twice as fast and burn out very quickly. It is meant for 110 only. Check the sump pump. Some of them can be wired either 120v or 240v. If yours is like that, just wire the motor for 240v and plug it in.


Can you plug a 250v into a 240v?

yes


Can you substitute 10A 250V plug with 6A 240v plug?

no


Can you use one wire from the panel with 240v on it to wire a 240v water heater?

In North America it takes two "hot" wires to obtain 240 volts.


Can you use a 120v cord that will fit a 240v socket the appliance is 240 and the cord is thick?

120v and 240v cords usually have different end configurations and will not plug into the different recepticles. However, if you changed the plug end, and the cord has the proper size rating, then yes, you could use the same cord. But, it also depends on the cord too. Most 120v cords only have three wires in them. One "hot one "neutral" and one "ground" wire. A 240v cord would have FOUR wires, two "hot" wires, one neutral wire, and one ground wire. Therefore, if you changed the voltage from 120v to 240 using a 3 wire cord, you'd not have a ground wire and that could be VERY dangerous. Note that occasionally a 240v device (e.g. some motors) will only need three wires (red,black,green, no neutral) and can be wired with a 120v cord if the cord is rated for 240v.


Wiring circuit for 240V welder with 3 prong plug pulling 6-3 wire do you need to replace welder cable with a 4 lead cable-plug or can you avoid the white lead to wire a 3 prong outlet red-black-green?

It depends on the welder. If it doesn't need 120V you can just put a wire nut on the neutral and wire a 240V plug. If it needs 120/240V you need the 4 prong plug. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOBSAFELY AND COMPETENTLYREFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.If you do this work yourself, always turn off the powerat the breaker box/fuse panel BEFORE you attempt to do any work ANDalways use an electrician's test meter having metal-tipped probes(not a simple proximity voltage indicator)to insure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.


Can you plug a 240V amplifier into a 220 volt outlet?

Yes.


How do we know when to connect to 208v or 240v?

Its on the specifications of the device you will plug


Can you plug a 240V oven range into a European outlet?

You might be able to plug in a 240V American oven range into a European outlet depending on the type of plug. SomeÊAmerican high-powered appliancesÊhave 3 or 4 pins, which may require adapters to plug into European outlets.


How do you wire a 240V stove plug if old stove was hard wired and had 4 wires Black red white and ground coming from the wall are three wires Black red and a shield wire is the shield wire the neutral?

Shield is ground. White is Neutral, center tap of the transformer from the power company.