What Max told you earlier is basically true. But do not assume anything. Check between the two hot wires to be sure you have 240 volts between them. They could have been hooked to the same phase for some unknown reason. The one thing I learned many times over about electricity is check, check, check try it and then check again. Just to make some things clear is the white of the three wire cable on the tub grounded to metal or just running to one side of a pump motor and or controller? If yes then the fourth wire, green or bare from the source will hook to any metal and or the metal water pipes in the tub. The green, grounding wire shall never carry current, unless there is a fault. The white carries the other side of 120 volt loads.
Ron. ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Reichardt To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question to Electricians on this List 4 wire to 3 Hi all. I have a hot tub that runs on 240v 3 wire cable and I have two 120 lines coming together in a 4 wire cable. How do I connect a 3 wire appliance to the 2 120 lines. I assume there are 2 hot wires, a ground and a nutral in the 4 wire cable and 2 hot wires and a ground for the hot but. Plese help. Charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: Don To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question to Electricians on this List That is ezactly, what I thought of, a dodge Caravan, which we have one of. Talk later. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question to Electricians on this List Don't feel bad, I used to work for Dodge and I thought he had a minivan... ----- Original Message ----- From: Betsy Whitney To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question to Electricians on this List Oh, duh. Thanks, Betsy At 11:34 AM 4/26/2009, you wrote: >We, in North America are more likely to call it a camper trailer. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Betsy Whitney >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 5:09 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question to Electricians on this List > >Okay, what is a caravan, some sort of electric vehicle? >Betsy >At 10:29 AM 4/26/2009, you wrote: > > >Hi > > > >I have a fuse box in the shed where I am going to put my caravan and I asked > >my son to tell me the Amperage of the fuses. > > > >The one I am interested in is currently marked 16 Amps but the caravan runs > >15 Amps should I changed the Fuse so it is 15 Amps. > > > >Or is the 16 Amp fuse OK. > > > >I will change the face of the power point so I can plug in a 15 Amp > >extension lead. > > > >Ron help me on this one. > > > >Ray > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
