This just is not a good idea. You need to maintain your neutral and your ground to be safe. Just get some 10/3 wire and wire black to one pole, red to the other, white to neutral and bare to ground. Yes, you can technically complete the circuit by placing the black and white on either pole. It really doesn't matter. The problem is you have lost your neutral and are relying 100% on the bare ground.
2006-07-21 17:11:10
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answered by r0cky74 4
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If it just trips the breakers now, I would say it isn't hooked up the same as before. I don't know completely what you did, but I would skip trying to put the normal 120V outlets on the same circuit (it is against code to put 15/20A outlets on a 30A circuit anyway). You also say nothing about a controller. I don't have a lot of experience with well pumps, but what I have seen is a 3-wire from a controller inside out to the well pump. Perhaps the controller is not needed or built in your pump. Anyway, if you don't put anything on the circuit but the well pump, you have 2 wires plus ground I hope, the white and black are both connected to the 2-pole breaker. If that trips, remove the wires from the breaker and make sure it doesn't trip with nothing attached. If it does, bad breaker. If it doesn't, measure resistance between the wires. You may have a short. What kind of wire did you put in? If the well pump is unconnected is there still a short? Another thing, was the original wire 10 AWG? 200' is a long ways to run. I'd rather have a larger wire to keep voltage drop down. Also, why did you need to replace the wire? As far as an electrician goes. Can you contact local charities that might do work for low-income homeowners? To the other answer, 240V does not need 3 wires or have to have a neutral. That is needed to have both 240V/120V, like a range or dryer. A 240V well pump, or air conditioner, or the like needs only 2 wires. The well pump I've seen needing 3 wires still doesn't have a neutral.
2016-04-11 18:01:16
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answered by Anonymous
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OK , simple answer.
At the breaker box , black to the breaker , white to the breaker, bare wire to the ground bar .
At the water heater end. black to black, white to red, bare wire to the green screw provided inside the hole where the wires go.
Be sure to mark the white wire with black tape or color it with a marker on the end at the box and at the water heater. This lets the next guy know that you are not using the white wire as a neutral.
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2006-07-22 01:42:35
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answered by Anonymous
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White to one pole and black to the other and the ground to the line neutral buss. This would have to be for something like a water heater or an air conditioner that only uses 240Volts. If you are hooking up something that uses 240/120Volts such as a dryer you would need 10/3 wire and hook the red and black to the two poles of the breaker and the white and ground to the line neutral buss.
2006-07-21 16:29:19
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answered by Anonymous
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The black wire under one screw, and the white under the other. Connect the "bare" copper to the bar where the other bare ones go. Per the code book, you should wrap a little piece of black electrical tape around the white wire, just to remind the next guy in the panel this is a hot wire. Do this on both ends.
2006-07-21 16:39:53
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answered by gr8alarmguy 4
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Black goes to one side, white to the other, ground to the ground bar. No neutral needed, black and white are both hot. They both go to the terminals of the breaker (black to one screw, white to the other). Which way does not matter.
2006-07-21 16:04:36
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answered by harryt62 4
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don't it's not a good idea do buy 10-3
2006-07-21 16:11:27
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answered by Anonymous
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