[Shop-talk] Electrical question

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

Guessing that you have a NEMA 10-50 outlet?  I'm not sure code allows those
any more but ??  You do wire them with the ground not connected.  I'd have
said that modern code would require a 4 prong 14-50 for 220vac connections
where the device also wants 110vac.

My recollection, which may well be wrong, is that the only modern 3 prong
220vac outlets (6-50) are supposed to be wired with the two hots and the
ground... Neutral not connected.  And that those connections are only used
when you have a device that uses only 220vac, not 220vac along with 110vac.

I think it's a lot more common these days for any 220vac connection to use
4 prong outlets.

Mark

On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 8:46 AM John Mitchell <jmitch at snet.net> wrote:

> My electric stove has always been wired direct from the cable.  I was
> told that code now requires an outlet and a pigtail on the range.  The
> romex cable has the 2 hot leads, a neutral and a bare ground wire.  I
> bought a surface mount 50 amp 3 prong outlet, but there is no place for
> a ground wire to connect.  For now, I bent the ground back on itself and
> used the clamp to at least ground to the metal part of the outlet.  Is
> this ok or should I have just clipped it off?  Thanks for any
> expertise.  John Mitchell
>
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