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What country are you located in that has 300V to ground outlets?
As I recall, it has never been acceptable to use a bare conductor as a neutral/ground in a 3-wire circuit. Back when this type of circuit was allowed, the grounded/grounding conductor had to be insulated.Stopped when I saw that the bare wire was used as the neutral. Older post indicated that the bare wire in SE wire could be used for current load. Can this wire be used or is a new feed required.
Thanks for your help,
Phil
Completely opposite. The neutral in SEU cable was allowed to be used for older range circuits.As I recall, it has never been acceptable to use a bare conductor as a neutral/ground in a 3-wire circuit. Back when this type of circuit was allowed, the grounded/grounding conductor had to be insulated.
Speedy Petey, you were in the post from 2008 that I read this morning saying the same thing -"The neutral in SEU cable was allowed to be used for older range circuits." I wrote the post b/c to be sure if the wire in my 1971 house would be the acceptable SE type. So, can I install the outlet using what I have or need to run a new feed line (which would quite a task)?
Thanks for all the replies,
Phil