Skuzzlebutt
PhD, Dr. of Broncology
I need to do some welding on the Bronco today. My problem is that I've just moved to a new house, and every time I move I need to change the plug (240v) on my welders power cord. I've done this enough times for it to be a no brainer, or so I thought.
The outlet in the new house is of the 4 pronged variety, and my cord only has 3 wires. The old setup was Green = Ground, and that is still true with the new setup. The Black & White wires were the power wires, but now Black & Red are the power wires, and White is the Neutral wire. What in heck does the Neutral wire connect to? Do I splice it into the Green? Do I just ignore it?
I cannot simply change the whole power cord due the the fact that my current (PUN partially intentional) power cord is 100' long, which is very nice to have and in my current house, 60' is necessary, and 250v extention cords are bookoo (pardon my French) dollorres, and being in the middle of a double move has me on a very tight budget.
So, in brief summary, how do I splice a four wire plug into a three wire cord?
And I'd really like to have this done today. I do already have a splicing kit for four wire cords including the shrink wrap lined with glue.
TIA
The outlet in the new house is of the 4 pronged variety, and my cord only has 3 wires. The old setup was Green = Ground, and that is still true with the new setup. The Black & White wires were the power wires, but now Black & Red are the power wires, and White is the Neutral wire. What in heck does the Neutral wire connect to? Do I splice it into the Green? Do I just ignore it?
I cannot simply change the whole power cord due the the fact that my current (PUN partially intentional) power cord is 100' long, which is very nice to have and in my current house, 60' is necessary, and 250v extention cords are bookoo (pardon my French) dollorres, and being in the middle of a double move has me on a very tight budget.
So, in brief summary, how do I splice a four wire plug into a three wire cord?
And I'd really like to have this done today. I do already have a splicing kit for four wire cords including the shrink wrap lined with glue.
TIA