In this video, I show you how to install a 220-volt outlet using 4 wire. The fourth wire is neutral (white wire). Most dryer wires will be a 10 gauge wire for 30 amps. However, the wire shown in the video was a #6 wire for a 40 -- 50 amp.
Please watch my video on how to install a 220-volt outlet (20 amp) and my other article on just wiring a dryer.
Connections to a stove, oven or dryer.
Connections to electric oven
You can’. Each hot leg is only 120 volts.
what would happen if you put 220 to both the hot terminals? would you fry the electronics?
What you should do is just run a sub panel from the main house. Or if you’re just trying to get power to the trailer, maybe run a sub panel from the pole to where you need the 220 power.
Hi I have #10 wire with black white and ground. I want to put a dryer plug in. Can I use the wire I have and use the black and white as hot and just not have a neutral in the breaker box? I assume there are dryer outlets that have 3 prong or am I wrong? I am fixing to get the power company to put a pole in my mothers back yard for my camper so I need to buy a breaker box. I already have a breaker box for my camper so I guess I can just… Read more »
Well dryers need a 30 amp line. Chances are that the 220 line you have is only 20 amp so that wouldn’t work for you.
I have two 220s in my kitchen and one I’m not using. I want to run that one to the laundry room for my dryer. Laundry room might be 15 feet away. How do I go about doing it? Would I need to go underneath the house and run the wire through the floor where the dryer will be? My breaker box is outside (old house) and the extra 220 that’s in the kitchen is wired there.
No not really. Don’t place it right on the bottom plate and never right up against a appliance. And as long as the wire is in a wall you don’t need to use conduit. protection and not exposed is the idea.
I would like to wire 220V into my garage. When I run the wire, is there a specific code one should follow? For example, does the wire have to be so far off the ground or wire must be routed X distance from certain appliances? Also, does it require conduit if it is routed through walls with insulation or is the outside insulation of the wire sufficient?
Nope, not at all.
Most if not all wire is rated for 600 volts. It’s the amperage you need to be concerned with. So a quick answer to your question for the wire I think you’re talking about, no.