How to Wire a 1ph 220v Outlet
- 1). Pull 10-gauge electrical wire through the back of the electric box until you have about 8 inches of slack. Remove about 6 inches of sheathing from the wire by cutting around the circumference with a utility knife, being careful not to cut into the insulation of the enclosed wires. Then pull the sheathing off with pliers.
- 2). Separate the wires and remove about 1/2-inch of insulation from the red, black and white wires. Connect the red and black wires to brass lugs -- it doesn't matter which one -- and connect the white wire to the silver lug. Connect the bare wire to the green, ground lug.
- 3). Connect the wires by inserting the ends into self-clamping holes behind the lugs, being sure that no bare wire is exposed. If the receptacle doesn't have holes, crimp single-hole wire lugs onto the ends of the wires so that you can attach them to the receptacle. Insert the end of a wire into a lug and then squeeze the sleeve with pliers until it is firmly attached. Then insert a screw from the receptacle through the hole in the jug and tighten the screw onto the receptacle with a screwdriver.
- 4). Leave a little slack in the ground wire so that you can attach to the ground screw on the electrical box if the box is made of metal.
- 5). Push the wires into the box and screw the receptacle onto the front of the box using the screws that came with the receptacle. Then screw on the receptacle cover.
- 6). Connect the wires to the panel by inserting the white wire into an available lug on the silver buss and the bare wire into a receptacle on the ground buss. Then tighten the lugs with a screwdriver.
- 7). Connect the red and black wires to separate breakers on a two-gang breaker. Tighten the nuts and then snap the breakers into an available slot, where they will make contact with the hot buss.
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