On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 03:14:01 +0000, Bud Wilder
m wrote:

replying to RBM, Bud Wilder wrote:
I am installing a new electric hot water heater in a home that was built in
1936. The fuse box is the old conventional type, not circuit breakers. Please
direct me as to how to connect the wire running from the 220 v plug directly
to the existing fuse box.

Probably can't be done. Is there a 30a pull out that is not being
used?
Other than that there is no legal way without doing something with
that box.