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    Sep 29, 2007, 09:51 PM
    220 Welder hookup
    I am installing a 3 prong outlet for my welder, using 8-2 wire. The store gave me 8-3 wire and said to leave one wire out, so witch one do I leave out? I have red,black, white, and a bare ground.

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    Sep 30, 2007, 04:09 AM
    Assuming you need straight 240 volts with no neutral, cap the white wire. This will leave the black and red as the two hots, and bare as the equipment ground
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    Sep 30, 2007, 03:20 PM
    leave out the white. Red = hot, black = hot, and bare = ground.
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    Sep 30, 2007, 03:40 PM
    LOL!
    Good answers!
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