I agree with Bill. Most new installations require separate neutral and
ground at the breaker box and for years, sub services had separate
neutral and ground as well. Never consider neutral to be the same as
ground. 4 wires is used to supply 110V + neutral to internal devices
that require it (fans, lights, filament transformer, etc.) so that the
ground does not carry current. Ground is for "safety" only.
The "old" standard was NOT two hot and a neutral. It is in fact two hot
180 out of phase + ground. There are still applications where two hot +
ground is used. These are mostly electric radiant heaters, 220V air
conditioners and 220V motors where 110V is not needed.
Mike, W1NR
-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Bill Coleman
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:24 AM
To: Joe Isabella; Amps
Subject: Re: [Amps] 220V service for amplifier
NEVER 'consider' or tie neutral to ground. They are NOT the same....
Neutral carries current by design, the ground should never carry current
unless there is a fault.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Isabella" <n3ji@yahoo.com>
To: "Amps" <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] 220V service for amplifier
> Jason,
> The "old" standard was only three wires for dryers (two Hots and a
Neutral), but I'm pretty sure
> that new homes have 4 wire dryer outlets now. Consider the Neutral to
be
ground, since they are
> tied together in your breaker box anyway. I simply used the
three-wire
dryer outlet (30A) since
> my amp came with the three-wire plug. Also, you might consider the 15
or
20A style of 240V
> outlets if you're doing yours from scratch. I've seen several HF Amps
done that way. It's the
> ones that look just like 120V outlets but have one or both of the
prongs
turned sideways (like on
> large window ACs). I'm suggesting this because I had a bit of trouble
finding the dryer
> plugs/outlets at Home Depot...
>
> Joe,
> N3JI
>
> --- Jason Buchanan <jsb@digistar.com> wrote:
> >
> > I did some searching through the list but haven't managed to hit the
> > nail right on the head yet...
> >
> > For wiring a Ten-Tec Centurion amp to 220V, are there any
recommended
> > plugs and outlets to use?
> >
> > I am thinking about using a 3 or 4 prong clothes dryer outlet and
plug
> > combination for quick/easy disconnect, however the thing i'm
wondering
> > about is where the neutral and ground tie together, since i'm fairly
> > sure that the Centurion doesn't have a 4 wire power cable running
out of
> > it. Maybe i'm wrong (probably am wrong).
> >
> >
> > Any help and advice how to properly wire the amp would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> > Jason
> >
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