How to move 240v Outlet
DETAILED DIY: Wiring a 240v outlet step by step from breaker to outlet
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today's video was brought to you by my
wallet which has an extra 400 bucks in
it because we did not call an
electrician so I mean no disrespect to
qualified professional electricians or
any tradesman for that matter in fact
just the opposite of the utmost respect
and frankly I'm little disgusted we
society treats a piece of paper with
more value than an actual trade skill
that you can you can use but with that
said not willing to finance an
electricians beach house by have them
charge me 500 bucks to put in a 220
outlet so we're gonna do that today I'm
going to show you exactly what you need
to do a simple relatively simple install
such as that the everything I got was
from the big box orange place you can
get the same stuff from the big box blue
place whatever is your whatever tickles
your fancy so we have a 30 amp 220
outlet here they make these in 20 30 s
40s and beyond that I don't really know
but this is your more standard 30 F
service 220 outlet and for this
beautiful piece of plastic and brass
they charge you something like 20 bucks
so it's kind of a ripoff for what it is
but you need that I've got the old
square D style breakers wife doesn't
like a square d prefers the round ones
but I guess that's a story for another
day
so this is a a 220 breaker it's
basically a smooshed together a series
of two breakers that give you both both
poles or both Frank what's the word and
phases jeez give me enough time I'll
finally get there so it's a two phase
breaker all in one now you may see other
ones that are singles and they're
connected together it's the same thing
you just need to make sure you get the
right breaker for your panel the square
D that I have is in the garage which is
different from the one that I have the
main in the house but make sure you grab
one of those guys about another 20 bucks
believe it or not for something like
that we have a couple of boxes and try
to fit your squared D in the Box get it
a couple of boxes one isn't this project
one's for another project and we got a
little cover for the plate and 25 feet
of 10 to romex so with a 30 amp 10 to is
about well 10 to is right any if it was
going on a longer run than 25 feet
probably more than 50 feet I would
strongly suggest you go into an 8 gauge
but I'm gonna be shorter than 25 feet so
10 to is just fine because it's 220 and
we're running two huts don't think you
need ten three you do not we're just
gonna have two huts and a ground coming
back so grand total on all of this crap
is about 79 bucks
and while expensive it is certainly
cheaper than having electrician make a
trip to your house especially if the
install you're doing is very
straightforward you're not running it
through walls finished walls things like
that I would strongly advise a DIY that
said if you burn your house down do not
blame me this video is for educational
purposes however please consult a
licensed electrician in your area as
well as checking with your town city
local government Federal World
Federation for policies and requirements
that they may have with that said and
that out of the way let's get on to the
show
please forgive the eater and running in
the background but it's a little chilly
out here so here's the panel that we're
going to be working with this is a sub
panel fed by two 50 amp circuits off my
main house panel and I've only got three
spots open which I'm going to use two of
them for four obviously for this so want
to test fit your breakers and it should
just pop right in bottom first
this panel is live so be careful if you
were you know first suggestion is shut
off the the sub panel will be coming out
to it just to be safe but again do as I
say not as I do so yeah we obviously
work we're good shape they're gonna need
to drop the line in so you're going to
need to bang out one of the knockouts
and for me it's gonna be dead center
okay so we got our clamp and tighten
down up top and it's ready to drop the
cable in
and the key with this is don't this is
not the time to be stingy over successes
a liar give yourself some extra to play
with for two reasons introduced it's a
tough ball for two reasons
the first one being you want to get your
cables arranged in a way where they're
not on top of you or the wires arranged
in a way with an on the top of each
other when you open up a panel and you
see a complete mess bird's nest of wires
it's not just an aesthetic issue it can
also be a safety issue especially if
some of these arts are spliced back too
far you've got exposed wiring showing
now you've got a whole bunch of stuff
going over each other it's a fire hazard
so I like to keep my box clean don't we
all though right
I like to keep my boxes very clean very
organized so you can see where there's
an issue or if you're pulling out a wire
trying to change something in the future
it's very straight forward but also for
the safety side of things too and that
starts by again not being so cheap that
you're you're gonna cry about snipping
off six inches of wire that you may have
pulled too much through not a big deal
so once we're through and you're
comfortable with the amount that you
have I like to zip down my clamp up top
just to hold the wire in place
and get get to stripping
Jesus system this videos got a lot of
sexual innuendo and I did not intend
that that
funny how that happens
so I'm not going to actually hook
anything up here I'm just prepping this
for president for later
and if you were working on a dead box
then I suppose wouldn't be so much of an
issue but I'm working on a live one so
we're gonna end up with the ground okay
two months another right so as far as
the layout goes I've decided that the
smartest place to put this is going to
be right between the two garage doors
for a couple of reasons I'm keeping my
run as short as I possibly can it's a
high current situation and I'm not I
haven't told you what this is for yet
but there'll be a video coming out on
that shortly waiting for a new garage
toy to be delivered but it's a high
drain or high load and then also it
shoots a whole lot of sparks so if you
can figure out what that is let me know
so putting in the middle here allows me
to work outside just as easy as in as
inside allows me to work on either Bay
the garage so I think that's gonna make
them all sense to sandwich it right in
there so we're gonna start on that
process now as far as the Box height
goes out here it's not like it would be
in the house out here because of the
foundation I usually end up going about
14 off the footer if I'm off 1/4 inch
here there I'm really not too worried
about it that's a tough spot to hammer
and you're just gonna punch out one of
the Knockouts in the back
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all right so on the outlet itself you're
gonna have three terminals one will be
green or some sort of marking and it'll
also happen I see you'll see a little G
there that's your ground terminal and
then you've got you two huts one has a
little W for white when it has a little
X that would be your black so the next
step is just to strip back the wiring
and get this guy hooked up and I won't
be cutting this at all because I'll
actually take that slack and push it up
and make a loop right here which just
gives you some future proof in case you
need to move the outlet or adjust it or
in like that clang tools one of the best
little wire strippers I know is a
million of them out there but these guys
are my favorite
all right I don't use a power drill for
terminals like this I just don't think
that's a real bright idea I know guys
that do but I like the old-fashioned
feel of the screw in your hand screw in
your hand
Jesus Yeah right screw in your hand so
polarity on this actually doesn't matter
if you put the black into the white or
the white into the black it's not going
to make a difference to the outlet
they're both the loans of different
phases you're you're fine yeah you see
that you get that positive feel when you
do it by hand
I just realized I could think I got that
upside down yes I do do I
I don't know yes I do there we go so
we'll start with tying in the ground
wire and there are quicker ways to do
this but that obnoxious attention to
detail thing that I got going on doesn't
allow me to do a half well we'll say
halfway job how's that so just gonna
look for an open ground and if you have
to double up you can absolutely do that
as on this as well but I got a spare
here this is this box doesn't have much
going on so you just gotta measure out
roughly where you need to be my Bend has
wind chimes there's a reason those wind
chimes are hanging in here or not
outside
and we'll try to slide her in beautiful
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okay screwdriver is about a millimeter
shorter it should be for that job
okay now we're on to the hot side white
this guy into shape alright just
windchimes gotta go okay so on the
bottom of these you have a on the bottom
of the breaker itself you've got a
another screw terminal we only need to
be mindful of on that is making sure
that you don't strip it back too far and
expose too much of that wiring again you
don't want to see any exposed copper in
a panel outside of the grounds
everything else that insulation should
be pretty uptight to the to the
connection itself
put a little bit of a bend in it to make
it go in easier
all right so I got the two huts tied in
and again you're just using the white
and the black off the ten to straight
into the double breaker and that's
giving you your two phases because the
phases are actually separated that feed
into this panel like they are and
everything else you got two bus bars
that run down so when you put in a
double like this it grabs between the
opposing bus bars to give you your
two-phase so this was again not rocket
science here but at the same time you do
have to be very careful and I wouldn't
advise if you're not comfortable with
everything you saw here do not attempt
it as I said earlier don't blame me if
you liked recuse yourself or set your
house on fire but that is a basic wiring
job for a 220 outlet and I'm very
excited for I think Saturday it's coming
in and get my new garage toy that I
should have bought years and years and
years ago I'll be sure to test out the
outlet at that time and test out my new
toy so if you like this type of thing
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appreciate it another wise everyone stay
safe have a great day
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