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  • Mar 29, 2012, 11:21 AM
    jerry0379
    Can I wire a 70amp sub with only black, white and ground wire
    I pulled Romex wire from my main box to my sub box but the wire only has black, white and ground wire. From everything I have read u are suppose to have a red wire. Can I still wire my 70amp aub panel without the red wire?
  • Mar 29, 2012, 11:26 AM
    ballengerb1
    How many volts are you running to the sub, 120 0r 240?
  • Mar 29, 2012, 11:41 AM
    stanfortyman
    You can but it's totally not worth it. Having a 120v only (or 240v only) panel makes no sense and will likely cause a dramatic imbalance of your service.
    Besides, finding a 70A SP breaker is not going to happen, and using half a 70A 2P is just wasting space.

    Why did you pull only a 2-wire?

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