grizz272
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I have the four wires. Right now the neutral and ground are connected together.
I will check to make sure the neutral is connected correctly in the circuit box though.
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Cummins12V98
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grizz272 wrote:I have the four wires. Right now the neutral and ground are connected together.
I will check to make sure the neutral is connected correctly in the circuit box though.
Are the Red, black and White 6ga? Green can be 6 or 8ga.
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ScottG
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Neutral and ground should only be connected together at the main panel.
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grizz272
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I am not sure of the wire size.
You are right that the white and ground should not be connected but that is how they connected a 3 prong outlet to a 4 wire cable.
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grizz272 wrote:I am not sure of the wire size.
You are right that the white and ground should not be connected but that is how they connected a 3 prong outlet to a 4 wire cable. Put a wire nut on the neutral to keep it isolated from ground.
Ground-Neutral bond should only be made at the main panel.
Of course if you swap on a NEMA 14-50 the neutral will be connected but not to the ground.
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Cummins12V98 wrote:grizz272 wrote:I have the four wires. Right now the neutral and ground are connected together.
I will check to make sure the neutral is connected correctly in the circuit box though.
Are the Red, black and White 6ga? Green can be 6 or 8ga.
I may be wrong, but I think the GROUND wire (bare or green) can even be 10g, per the NEC. Of course, local codes may differ.
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grizz272
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NEMA 14-50 has been ordered. Now to find some wire. I try and buy local when I can. Nobody had 50 amp rv outlet. One hardware store had never even heard of it.
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ScottG
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Home Depot has them - that's where I got the last one.
Or Amazon.
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grizz272 wrote:NEMA 14-50 has been ordered. Now to find some wire. I try and buy local when I can. Nobody had 50 amp rv outlet. One hardware store had never even heard of it.
Its a NEMA 14-50 which is a standard receptacle and plug for electric ranges. Home Depot and Lowes and Menards all day long. Asking for the "RV outlet" is where you went wrong.
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So the receptacle and how it's wired is the difference between RV friendly 50 amp 2 leg 110 and whatever RVers plug into that fries all the ac things in their unit?
I have an electrician friend that did mine when we installed the whole house generator but I see a lot of do it yourself stuff done in the neighborhood without permits or inspections. Including a back feed outlet with no transfer switch on our house when we bought it.
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