When I asked if the electrician was licensed, he said "Sure how do you think I drove my truck over here"
Too Funny.
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That is funny....but soooo not cool on a variety of levels. Aluminum and copper don't play well together. And broken sheath I believe is against most codes....must be Oklahoma!
lol, the screw aside, those small red and black wires probably get a tad bit warm.
If they are warm, you know current is flowing thru them!
Must have been the same electrician.
Andy
paden cash, post: 431923, member: 20 wrote: must be Oklahoma!
If it ain't the Oakies it's probably a Florida cracker. 🙂
[USER=291]@Nate The Surveyor[/USER]
I dunno if that is working or not, but it won't work for long. Tapping a 110v wire into a 240v incoming supply line will create a potential fire hazard.
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FL/GA PLS., post: 431955, member: 379 wrote: Tapping a 110v wire into a 240v incoming supply line will create a potential fire hazard.
Um, usually, 240 is created,,, via 2 120v lines. He is tapped into one of those 120v lines. However, he has bypassed any fuse, or breaker. It's wrong on alot of levels, but that is not one of them....
If you check voltage, between those 2 lines, (2 120v lines) you will find your 240v. So, if you want 240v, you would tap BOTH incoming 120v lines, and that would be your 240v.
Standard house current, uses ONE hot, 120v line. And ONE neutral, "Return Line" and one ground.
240v uses TWO Hot 120v lines, and one ground.
Carry on...
[USER=291]@Nate The Surveyor[/USER]
Thanks for correcting me. I learned many years ago (the hard way, of course) not to screw around with incoming electrical lines. 😉
This is why we have to have electrical codes, and electrical inspectors to enforce said codes.
I used to always think that the local electric code inspectors were pains in the arses until I built my own home and wired it all myself. He was more than helpful and corrected me on a few things that I had wrong. Tapping into the incoming 240V feed line with a 10 gauge wire wasn't one of them.
I had to rewire my abandoned heat pump run to a 30 amp service for my RV. If I had worked at McDonalds for 8 bucks an hour the amount of time I read getting ready I could have hired it out twice. But i did it, it works and my name isnt sparky..
