Wiring for mep803a

[flhr62]

I have a shop that has a breaker panel, and is wired, but no service to it. Generator is wired with 4 wires to RV box on the side. I would like to be able to run my welder and compressor at the shop with the generator occasionally. The 220 outlets in the shop have 3 wires. 2 hots and a ground. My question is, can I make a cord from my RV box to my 220 outlet leaving the neutral wire off? The breaker panel uses a common neutral and ground bar.

Thanks

 

[DieselAddict]

There are two answers. Yes, you can wire what you describe with a 3 wire setup. Current code requires a 4 wire setup. You can do it and it will work. It will not be code compliant.

 

[flhr62]

That's what I needed to know.

Thanks
Mark

 

[Bmxenbrett]

What you really should do is run the generator hot wires to the main lugs on the pannel, ground and neutral to there bars, drive a ground rod and hook it to the ground bar on the pannel. This way is safe and you can run all 120/240v loads in the shop. If you ever wanted to put a service on you would remove the generator wireing in the pannel and beable to keep the ground rod/wireing.