juvinious
Well-Known Member
I am currently putting together this power distribution board to power several heatsticks in the apartment I moved into recently.
However I've run into an issue with the receptacle.
My receptacle is 10-50R and if you take a look at the above setup, it requires the 2 hots, neutral and ground to be wired up. I know sometime in the 90's that they changed the code from 3 wire to 4 wire connections and I can only assume that since the appliance is old they never upgraded the receptacle to 14-50R. If you open up most old appliances the ground and neutral are usually bonded, but from what I've come to understand from several sites is that it is unsafe and could cause the appliance to become hot.
My question is, since I can't change the receptacle would I be able redirect the ground elsewhere and ground it within the box and wire it up with just the 2 hots and neutral in a 10-50P male plug? Will this cause issues with the GFCI?
Any light on this subject or help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
However I've run into an issue with the receptacle.
My receptacle is 10-50R and if you take a look at the above setup, it requires the 2 hots, neutral and ground to be wired up. I know sometime in the 90's that they changed the code from 3 wire to 4 wire connections and I can only assume that since the appliance is old they never upgraded the receptacle to 14-50R. If you open up most old appliances the ground and neutral are usually bonded, but from what I've come to understand from several sites is that it is unsafe and could cause the appliance to become hot.
My question is, since I can't change the receptacle would I be able redirect the ground elsewhere and ground it within the box and wire it up with just the 2 hots and neutral in a 10-50P male plug? Will this cause issues with the GFCI?
Any light on this subject or help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.