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Electricians? Anyone have an electrician they REALLY can recommend?
I need a 3 prong 220v plug installed for my MIG off the main fuse box located in the garage.
I'm in Clear Lake, so the closer to me they are, the better.
I need a 3 prong 220v plug installed for my MIG off the main fuse box located in the garage.
I'm in Clear Lake, so the closer to me they are, the better.
Good luck with that. Code requires that all new wirings or wire replacements be up to the current code, which is 4 wire, 3 conductor, 1 ground, typically 10-3 cable, for 220. I know this because this weekend I am installing a 220 for my dryer in the garage. The garage has 110 and gas hookup and my dryer has the old 3 prong 220, so not only do I have to install the 4 prong receptacle, I also have to install the new 4 prong wiring on my dryer.
According to The National Electric Code 2005 Section 250.140, if you have an existing 3 prong receptacle, you can change the appliance to the 3 prong, but if you need to replace the wire, or add a new 220 circuit, it needs to be 4 wire.
According to The National Electric Code 2005 Section 250.140, if you have an existing 3 prong receptacle, you can change the appliance to the 3 prong, but if you need to replace the wire, or add a new 220 circuit, it needs to be 4 wire.
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Good luck with that. Code requires that all new wirings or wire replacements be up to the current code, which is 4 wire, 3 conductor, 1 ground, typically 10-3 cable, for 220. I know this because this weekend I am installing a 220 for my dryer in the garage. The garage has 110 and gas hookup and my dryer has the old 3 prong 220, so not only do I have to install the 4 prong receptacle, I also have to install the new 4 prong wiring on my dryer.
According to The National Electric Code 2005 Section 250.140, if you have an existing 3 prong receptacle, you can change the appliance to the 3 prong, but if you need to replace the wire, or add a new 220 circuit, it needs to be 4 wire.
According to The National Electric Code 2005 Section 250.140, if you have an existing 3 prong receptacle, you can change the appliance to the 3 prong, but if you need to replace the wire, or add a new 220 circuit, it needs to be 4 wire.
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To the OP, if you cant find someone to do it. Post some pics of the breaker box and where you want to install the plug and I will walk you through it. I would come do it, but i am on the other side of the world from you.
I'm not going to disagree with you, as you are the claimed electrician, and I am an internet browser, haha, I don't know ****, but out in the shop at the company I work for, we had new 220 installed for some additional welding machines and the electrician said he had to put the 4 wire, did we get ripped or what? Or is different between residential and commercial?
And sorry to the OP for my misreading of the code.
And sorry to the OP for my misreading of the code.
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I'm not going to disagree with you, as you are the claimed electrician, and I am an internet browser, haha, I don't know ****, but out in the shop at the company I work for, we had new 220 installed for some additional welding machines and the electrician said he had to put the 4 wire, did we get ripped or what? Or is different between residential and commercial?
And sorry to the OP for my misreading of the code.
And sorry to the OP for my misreading of the code.
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Verdad Gallardo I just found it in Article 100, although I do not know if this is direct from the code, as Google didn't display any pages with the actual NEC code, oh well.
"Appliance. Utilization equipment, generally other than industrial, that is normally built in standardized sizes or types and is installed or connected as a unit to perform one of more functions such as clothes washing, air conditioning, food mixing, deep frying, and so forth."
Thats not a very broad statement. I wouldn't consider a welding machine as an appliance after reading that, but I could still see how "one" could interpret that, such as the electrician. Either way though, the 4 prong couldn't be worse than 3 prong, so I see no harm in it.
"Appliance. Utilization equipment, generally other than industrial, that is normally built in standardized sizes or types and is installed or connected as a unit to perform one of more functions such as clothes washing, air conditioning, food mixing, deep frying, and so forth."
Thats not a very broad statement. I wouldn't consider a welding machine as an appliance after reading that, but I could still see how "one" could interpret that, such as the electrician. Either way though, the 4 prong couldn't be worse than 3 prong, so I see no harm in it.
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