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On Mon, 05 Jun 2017 23:51:56 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 5 Jun 2017 11:47:12 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Monday, June 5, 2017 at 1:06:12 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017 07:26:10 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

And the probability of something coming loose on a typical Daisy chained circuit is a lot higher than with a homerun dryer circuit.

if you want to use a 3 wire 220V system, I suggest you attach an additional safety ground wire to the case of the appliance and connect it to a metal water pipe of other good ground.

m

Since the 60s, most of those 6-30 three prong receptacles are
actually connected to 10/3-wg Romex anyway since that was the standard
way it was manufactured. If you look in the box, you may see the bare
ground bonded to the box and the neutral connected to the receptacle.
Because of the higher temperature/ampacity ratings, stoves may still
be wired with SE cable (2 wire plus ground)

ok, sounds like you are talking about a 3 prong 120 v outlet and what you said is all true.

but the thread is about 3 prong 220V outlets. One prong is 120v. 2nd is the other 120V and the third prong is neutral and ___there is no ground prong__
which is what can make them dangerous if there is an open fault in the neutral. Code for new installs requires 220V outlets to be 4 prongs to add a safety ground. If you are going to use a older 3 prong 220V output that has no safety ground, i was suggesting that you add a ground wire for safety.

m

Have we determined exactly where this abomination is? Do we KNOW it is
not a Euro plug?
Sorry- got mixed up with red and black thread - -