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08-09-2012, 04:59 PM
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240 volt 'pony box'
Can I somehow wire a spot within a 240 volt 'pony box' to have it used as 120 volt?
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08-09-2012, 05:10 PM
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240 volt 'pony box'Quote:
What do you mean by "a spot within"??? Are you in the US/Canada?
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08-09-2012, 05:37 PM
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240 volt 'pony box'
If you do not have a neutral wire feeding the panel, you have no way to get 120 volts.
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08-09-2012, 05:43 PM
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240 volt 'pony box'
i sense a "but what about using the ground" question coming on
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08-09-2012, 06:25 PM
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240 volt 'pony box'Quote:
You may be able to install a neutral bus (terminal strip with plastic or fiber mounting brackets) in the box and then you can string a neutral wire through the conduit (a premade cable without a neutral must be replaced in its entirety by one with).
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08-09-2012, 08:54 PM
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240 volt 'pony box'
What is a "pony box"?
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08-09-2012, 10:52 PM
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240 volt 'pony box'
sub panel, i hear them referred to as pony panels a lot.
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08-09-2012, 11:29 PM
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You cannot use the earth for a neutral ! Does it have a neutral ? |
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08-09-2012, 11:42 PM
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240 volt 'pony box'
i think we ran the OP off. he never said there wasnt a neutral but we are all over him about it..
anyway "a spot within" sounds like shakespeare (Macbeth?) pony box is below. not UL listed |
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