220 hot water tank with 120 outlet wired off it but rehooked up and has wire issue

comet424 · Mar 10, 2015

ok I was replacing the hot water tank
and It had a electrical outlet tapped off it using 120

but here is the issue
from the breaker box to the hot water tank they used just Black and White from the breaker to feed it so its just ing 2 and a ground. and then off that they made a 110 outlet off it

one they didn't use electrical tape to mark the white wire as being hot.. but since its not ground right when I re hooked it up

did they use the Ground bare wire as the neutral wire for the 120 volt outlet and is that legal to do or do you need to have 4 wires coming from the breaker panel if you wanna have a 220 and a 110 options?

comet424 · Mar 11, 2015

here I Canada if I wanna buy wire I go by AWG like 6 gauge is good for 50 amps for 100 feet and such

Knobhead · Mar 11, 2015

To give it it’s full name National Fire Protection Agency the National Electrical Code

You should be working to the Canadian version.

[ElectriciansForums.net] 220 hot water tank with 120 outlet wired off it but rehooked up and has wire issue

Are you a registered electrician? Because asking what the NEC is tells me your not.

Knobhead · Mar 11, 2015

I’ve just looked at your past record on here. You’re not an electrician and shouldn’t be undertaking this work.

Geordie Spark · Mar 11, 2015

Tony said:
Oh bugger it's taken that out as well.

Strange how it left "bugger" in!!

PEG · Mar 11, 2015

Re: 220 hot water tank with 120 outlet wired off it but rehooked up and has wire issu

Geordie Spark said:
Strange how it left "bugger" in!!

...The filter system is operating under the guidance of the "Jim'llfixit" protocol,where it can,if it chooses,leave the bugger in for years...:icon12: