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Posted on 12/14/2019 8:12:55 AM PST by Allen In Texas Hill Country

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To: spokeshave

Also use a GFI outlet near water


21 posted on 12/14/2019 8:41:10 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
1 is Ground, Green wire.
The wide flat blade is neutral, White wire.
The narrower flat blade is live/hot, Black wire.

Do not connect neutral and ground together, they are not the same thing.
Neutral carries the return current. Since no wire has zero resistance, it can have some voltage, less than the live but still some.
Ground is for your protection. Don't use it as a neutral, even though your appliance will appear to work that way.

22 posted on 12/14/2019 8:42:21 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: spokeshave
If it's now 220 voltage, you probably have 2 hot wires and a ground, for a total of 3 conductors.

What you need is a neutral for 120v application.

Easiest fix is to move one of the hot conductors at the electrical panel to the neutral bar, (with other white insulated wires.)

Install the 120 outlet for new A/C with the 'new' neutral conductor under the silver screw, hot conductor under the bronze screw.

If you're not comfortable working inside a hot electrical panel, call an electrician.

-Retired electrician

23 posted on 12/14/2019 8:45:14 AM PST by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

On a NEMA 5-15 outlet, the common one, the BLACK wire goes to the shorter of the two rectangular slots/prongs, WHITE goes to the taller of two regtangular slots/prongs, and GREEN (if there is one) goes to the round one.


24 posted on 12/14/2019 8:48:58 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

Don’t use that plug. Get one with only two prongs. The larger prong is neutral and should be silver in color.


25 posted on 12/14/2019 8:49:31 AM PST by IndispensableDestiny
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To: spokeshave
...a separate but related subject With have a 30 year old A/C running from a 220V socket with ground<> Need to replace it with a new A/C that needs 110V

There is two 110 voltages from the existing A/C socket.

Which 2 should I connect for 110V to power the new A/C.......just asking for a friend.

That's not so easy and you should consult an electrician if you are not sure what why are doing.

On a 220V circuit, both wires are hot and the voltage between them will measure 220. From each wire to ground or neutral, the voltage will measure 110. Without a neutral wire at that box, you cannot get 110V

You need to replace the 2-pole breaker at the panel with a properly rated 1-pole breaker and also replace the wall receptacle. One of the wires would be used as a neutral. You absolutely need a ground wire was well.

You also need to check the amp draw of the AC unit as it may be over 15 amps and would require a larger wire size and a properly rated outlet.

If it's an option, staying with 220V unit would be best.

26 posted on 12/14/2019 9:00:59 AM PST by keat
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To: spokeshave

Do NOT hook up a 110 circuit to a 220 socket. You will be running 110v return on the ground circuit. While the item will run, a loose wire or bad connection could make that 110 return voltage show up on the outer surface of any metal appliance in the house. Like a coffee pot next to a sink.

Death will result from touching the water handle while holding the coffee pot.Like when you fill it.

Just have an electrician convert the plug to 110 in the wall AND the breaker panel. One of the hot wires must be converted to a neutral and marhed white on both ends.


27 posted on 12/14/2019 9:01:37 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: spokeshave

I’ll do simple wiring with 110 but I have a hard and fast rule about wiring 220 - let an electrician wire it.


28 posted on 12/14/2019 9:05:13 AM PST by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: granite

DO NOT connect the neutral to other than the neutral, just buy the correct two prong plug.

NEVER connect a neutral to a ground. A neutral wire is a current carrying wire. Making current available to a ground circuit may be a fatal mistake.


29 posted on 12/14/2019 9:05:46 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

Use a short length of the same gauge wire to connect the unused ground pin to white neutral (2).


30 posted on 12/14/2019 9:06:31 AM PST by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: spokeshave
It depends on what is on the other end of the two wire cable....if medical equipment or something like an electric toothbrush in the bathroom you need the ground wire for safety

BINGO!

31 posted on 12/14/2019 9:11:05 AM PST by GOPJ (radical socialists backed by self-righteous celebrities on Twitter are electoral poison PIERS MORGAN)
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To: granite

If there are prongs, like in an outlet or recepticle. The shorter prong is always the hot, or black. The slightly longer prong is the neutral or common.
I speak cross-wise on the shorter/longer, not lengthwise as they are both the same length, just different widths.


32 posted on 12/14/2019 9:11:56 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: BitWielder1

You started off with ‘1’ is ground. But I need to know, from the diagram, about ‘2’ and ‘3’. Which is common and which is power?


33 posted on 12/14/2019 9:13:22 AM PST by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

The small prong or slot is hot, large is neutral.


34 posted on 12/14/2019 9:21:10 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: VTenigma

Both prongs are the same size.


35 posted on 12/14/2019 9:22:34 AM PST by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

Old school plug should be change to polarized plug.


36 posted on 12/14/2019 9:24:58 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: VTenigma

OP needs to call in a qualified electrician to look at everything and do an upgrade if necessary.

Better safe than sorry. This is not a job for amateurs.


37 posted on 12/14/2019 9:37:07 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: loucon

And it’s wrong in the illustration in post #9.


38 posted on 12/14/2019 9:40:02 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: gundog

Color-wise, anyway.


39 posted on 12/14/2019 9:40:53 AM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: SkyDancer

Correct, and the earth ground lug will almost always have a green colored screw in a typical plug end like this.

I would wire hot (black) to the Bronze colored lug and neutral (white) to the silver lug with the silver screw and leave earth ground empty as it is not needed for a two prong connection.

Better yet, just get a 2 prong plug with a polarized prong (wider prong for neutral).


40 posted on 12/14/2019 9:51:58 AM PST by jurroppi1 (The Left doesn't have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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