Thread: Advice for converting Sears Craftsman 220V compressor plug to washing machine plug
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Default Advice for converting Sears Craftsman 220V compressor plug towashing machine plug
jamesgangnc wrote:
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... If it doesn't have a ground you could use the neutral
as long as you mark it as ground.

no, No, NO, _NO_!!!

One more time...the third wire in a 3-wire dryer circuit _IS_THE_GROUND_
wire allowed by previous NEC to double as the 120V neutral. It is not,
repeat _NOT_ connected to the neutral bus.

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