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I ran a 6/3 wire from my breaker box to my garage, for a welder.
I first check the voltage on each leg of the plug and it reads 123volts on each leg so this should be the 240v that the welder needs to run. It's a 225lincoln. When I plug it in and hit the switch i get nothing. The welder is brand new out of the box.
thanks for you help I have 123v on each leg, red and black,white on nuetralt, the bare gound is connected in the breakerbox but not at the plug because I couldn't find a place for it to go

Answer 1

You hooked it up properly, using the neutral instead of the ground won't make a difference since it is straight 220v, Check on the welder its self to see if there is a reset button or switch and make sure your breaker is on, DO NOT do as Floyd suggested if you hook one leg to one breaker on one side of the bus bar and one one the other side you are liable to do one of two things buck phases, that and if you hook to separate sides of the bus, IF your welder was to trip it would possibly trip just one leg, you need a Double pole Breaker

Answer 2

Take the white wire out....why? Because you don't need a neutral wire. The only reason you would need a neurtal wire is if you wanted to split it into two 120 circuits. Put the bare ground wire where you have ground on the plug, then you hook the bare ground wire up in the panel box on the ground bus bar. Make sure that the red wire is hooked up to the breaker and the other end of the red connected to the plug. Make sure the black wire is connected to the breaker and to the plug at the other end.
Now make sure the double breaker is turned on and you should be good to go. You can test it by putting a voltage tester on the red wire at the plug to ground and the tester should read 120 volts. Same on the black wire. When you put both tester leads on the ground you should have a 0 voltage reading.
If it didn't come with instructions, the hardware store you purchased your plug at should be able to tell you which slot is the ground slot where the bare ground is to go. The other two slots are for the power (black and red wires).
Good Luck!!

Answer 3

particular, you're able to do it. examine close by electric powered code to work out in case you're allowed to do it or if it demands a qualified expert. additionally examine on in case you're required to get a enable and inspection by ability of the city, county and so on. the only section which will require a expert is while the wires run from the crawl area up right into a wall. The wires are not any doubt fixed to the wall stud and can't be quite pulled out. regardless of you do, please learn up on electric powered wiring so which you do no longer burn the placement down. additionally, verify you have each and all of the flexibility close off for the placement in the past reducing into it. $3000 sounds like it must be a very complex interest.

Answer 4

Sorry, check with an electrician for this one. Unless....are you wired into the panel correctly? Have you connected to the heavy-duty stove fuses, or into the breaker panel itself? If you're into the breaker panel, you're only getting 123 volts total, even though it reads 123 on both legs. Try connecting to the section where the heavy-duty stove goes, you should get 240 volts there.

Answer 5

If you test across both hot wires you should have 220 volts.

There are two bars in the breaker box.

You have to hook up one wire to one side of the box & the other wire to the other side.

You may have to come off of the breaker box with a different box to run your wire to the garage.

Answer 6

you need to put yuor meter on the two legs together it schould read 230 volts .you dont need a nute ral for 220

Answer 7

Do you have the neutral connected in the recp?