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    detroitniner Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 12, 2012, 12:09 PM
    Wire color for 240v
    Went to homedepot to buy wire for hottub/spa
    Aprox 80ft in the four colors, red,green white and black
    The guy helping me told I could save a lot of money buying a roll of black and mark the ends red,green,white and that it would pass inspection
    Has anyone heard of this Im in Michigan
    Thanks in advance
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    Jun 12, 2012, 06:27 PM
    It would be a violating of NEC pool and spa codes to use anything but a green wire for the ground (no, you can't mark a black wire green)... not to say you're local inspector would necessarily know this, and not pass it.
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