Recent content by 62Beaumont

I sure am, sorry I placed that in my intro thread but forgot most don't read those. Yeah, I had the breaker right under the last breaker from the pic not knowing 2 pole needs to be in a certain location to get 240V. You can see in the pic how I moved it down 1 spot and voila 240V. Thanks for...

Federal Pioneer panel with Stab-Lok breakers. The house was built this year with a brand new 200A panel. Here's what the breaker looks like...

I'm using 1 double pole 40A breaker. I had the breaker in the wrong position on the panel, I just moved the breaker down 1 spot and now I have 240V and the welder works. Rooky mistake and NO I'd never touch a wire. I turn off the main breaker switch and then confirm with my voltmeter there's is...

Thanks for the help. I had run the ground wire to the ground bus but had no voltage at the outlet. Here's my outlet and breaker panel. I think I figured out what's wrong. I used my voltmeter across the 2 poles in the breaker box and there's 0V. I'm gonna try another breaker spot to get 240V.

Hi, I'm Joel, I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. My wife and I just built a new house so I have been busy finishing the garage to bring my car home. I have a '62 Acadian Beaumont (canadian version of the Chevy II) project car that I'm ready to start building. This site has helped me out quite...

Hi, I'm new here, I'll post another thread to introduce myself. Here's my question, when wiring a 230V 20A welder I know you connect hot/hot/ground on the outlet but what do you connect the ground wire to in the service panel? Ground bus or neutral bus? Also, do you ground the outlet box...