proper wiring of recepticle plug in

[bdsray]

Recently purchased a Hobart Handler 175. Need some advise on how to wire up the 220volt electrical recepticle outlet. It is a 3 wire recepticle and I have 4 wires: black (hot), red (hot), white (neutral) and green (ground). Which wires should I be connecting?

[John Stuckey]

You might want to check out wiring an electric clothes dryer. The dryer wiring standard has gone from 3 to 4 wires - same issue I think. Another great source for wiring info is your local electrical inspector. Here in Dayton, Ohio the inspectors are very helpful. They have saved me a lot of money and hassles over the years besides providing information that helps me protect my family.
John

[dysfunction]

If its a 3 prong plug should be the 2 hots as the flat blades and the single neutral as the round post IIRC. Then I'd ground the box with the ground

[Phil]

Re: proper wiring of recepticle plug in

Originally posted by bdsray
Recently purchased a Hobart Handler 175. Need some advise on how to wire up the 220volt electrical recepticle outlet. It is a 3 wire recepticle and I have 4 wires: black (hot), red (hot), white (neutral) and green (ground). Which wires should I be connecting?

You need to connect the two "hot" wires: the red on one blade, the black on the other. The round "Pin" is the ground and needs to be connected to the green conductor. DO NOT USE THE NEUTRAL (white)!


You can look at page 16 of your user manual. They refer to the "hot" wires as L1 and L2 (line 1 and 2).

[bdsray]

Thanks Phil, did as you suggested and welder works like a charm.
Bruce