In the pic below it shows the neutral and ground bars with a wire running between them(connected)? Is this correct or am I misinterpreting it?
I've checked my breaker box and it doesn't appear the ground and neutral bars are connected. So I wasn't sure if I should connect them within the spa panel.
To expand on my earlier post, if it were up to me I would run 4 wire out of the spa panel, and cap off the neutral if your induction burner doesn't need it. Then you will have a GFCI "extension cord" capable of supporting both 240v and 120v, if you ever want to take advantage of it. The difference in price and time to build is very little.
they may not have a connecting strap between the if they are bonded to the panel and in that case the are joined by the panel
S_M
OK looks like I found my answer.. reading up a bit on main panels/sub panels it appears only the MAIN panel needs to be bonded. Beyond that all sub panels should have the neutral and ground separate. Thanks guys for the responses.
make sense, then your main panel is a sub panel
of the buildings main panel ?
all the best
S_M
so you are basically going make a sub panel that plugs into an outlet the will have a GFI beaker in it to run a wire for an outlet in your kitchen for an induction burner?
just wanted to be sure I am understanding what you are building
S_M
Yes, you got it. I am going to plug the spa panel into my dryer outlet(with a 4-wire dryer cord), then run either 10/2 or 10/3 romex from the spa panel up to the kitchen where I will install a junction box with a NEMA 6-20 outlet.
On brew day I'll just have to unplug the dryer and plug in the spa panel, then plug the induction burner in upstairs in the kitchen.
if you are using 220 maybe even 110 you could use 12 but it is never a bad thing to go a size bigger in my mind
shows like you got it figured out
good luck with your build
S_M
Hold off on suggesting a wire size Brew_NY. I cannot find anywhere the OP mentioning the size of the double GFCI SPA breaker.
Hold off on suggesting a wire size Brew_NY. I cannot find anywhere the OP mentioning the size of the double GFCI SPA breaker.
The dryer outlet should be on a 30A breaker, so we need to size ALL the branch wire to that.
Guess we can assume the GFCI will function only as ground fault protection NOT overload . . . . . is that what you're thinking carl?
'da Kid
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