need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
12-03-2006, 10:44 AM
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Re: need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
Originally Posted by highroller54
There we go, Dr Boost FTW! Does it matter which hot wire goes to which termainal? The two hots on the plug are different sizes.
If the two hots are different sizes....that's crazy. Are you sure? It doesn't matter which hot goes to which terminal. __________________
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12-03-2006, 11:53 AM
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Re: need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
Originally Posted by Dr.Boost
lol, seriously? If the two hots are different sizes....that's crazy. Are you sure? It doesn't matter which hot goes to which terminal.
If the two hots are different sizes....that's crazy. Are you sure? It doesn't matter which hot goes to which terminal. 
12-03-2006, 01:27 PM
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Re: need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
Originally Posted by highroller54
Ya one spade terminal is wider then the other like some 110 plugs but I dont know why since it has the top ground so its not like you could ---- that up. Thanks MrBoost
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12-03-2006, 04:06 PM
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Re: need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
Originally Posted by Dr.Boost
4/3? WTF? That's confusing. 
It's only a 2 wire plug. It's either 2 hots and a ground(220v) or a hot, neutral and a ground(120v).
Go to the hardware store or HomeDepot and get the right plug. It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to swap them and cost around $5. :1
It's only a 2 wire plug. It's either 2 hots and a ground(220v) or a hot, neutral and a ground(120v).
Go to the hardware store or HomeDepot and get the right plug. It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to swap them and cost around $5. :1
12-03-2006, 07:40 PM
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Re: need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
Originally Posted by Dr.Boost
Oh, I thought you meant the wires were different sizes. :P So is your welder a 110v? What about the heater?
12-04-2006, 08:00 AM
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Re: need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
Originally Posted by BigWheeze
Ok Romex "codes" 14/2 is a 14 awg with 2 wires in the shealth. AWG/Numbers of Wires
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12-04-2006, 09:37 PM
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Re: need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
Originally Posted by Dr.Boost
Actually there is 3 wires, black, white and a bare. :P There is no 4/3 romex.
12-04-2006, 09:39 PM
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Re: need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
Originally Posted by c0mpl3x
ground is assumed in wiring, it doesn't actually carry current like hots do.
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12-04-2006, 10:31 PM
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Re: need help with a 240v adapter/plug for my welder/heater
Originally Posted by Dr.Boost
You can buy 14-2 romex with or without a ground. :P
xx-2G uncoated ground
xx-2 black and white coated
xx-3 black white with either a red or green coated wire normaly used on a 220V outlet
Just asked my dad hes an electricians
