Hey guys just trying to get an understanding before I dig too deep or get an Electrican out. ( would like to avoid as I’m on a budget, as long as I can get comfortable with what must/can be done) I bought a heater which shows it’s a 240 v heater but only shows instructions for a 3 wire’s in the manual..
I only have 1 220/240 volt plug in my house and it’s a 14-30r for my dryer .. I bought a splitter and had some 40’ 10 awg gauge 4 strand wiring left over from a project and was going to plug both the dryer and heater into the same plug via a $50 Amazon splitter being sure to only use one at a time.. it’s on a 30 amp double pole breaker with the heater drawing a 21 amp load. My understanding is a 4 wire has 2 hot’s, neutral and ground where as the 3 wire is 2 hots and a ground.
I’m causally familiar with electrical and using a multimeter. If I can see a YouTube I can do it however having a hard time finding anything on this specific topic. A lot on wiring 4 wires appliance to 3 prong plug but not the other way around.
so I could skip the neutral at the appliance, but how is that gonna affect plugging into an outlet that has an active neutral? Non factor ? As the neutral has no current ?
I only have 1 220/240 volt plug in my house and it’s a 14-30r for my dryer .. I bought a splitter and had some 40’ 10 awg gauge 4 strand wiring left over from a project and was going to plug both the dryer and heater into the same plug via a $50 Amazon splitter being sure to only use one at a time.. it’s on a 30 amp double pole breaker with the heater drawing a 21 amp load. My understanding is a 4 wire has 2 hot’s, neutral and ground where as the 3 wire is 2 hots and a ground.
I’m causally familiar with electrical and using a multimeter. If I can see a YouTube I can do it however having a hard time finding anything on this specific topic. A lot on wiring 4 wires appliance to 3 prong plug but not the other way around.
so I could skip the neutral at the appliance, but how is that gonna affect plugging into an outlet that has an active neutral? Non factor ? As the neutral has no current ?