So I made a mistake a screwed up my welder in the process.
I just wired my garage for 220. I put in a subpanel and ran 2 hots, 1 neutral, and 1 Ground from my main panel.
When I wired my welder plugs I ran two hots and I ran the neutral to where the ground was supposed to go(I know, Im an Idiot). That neutral was grounded anyways through the outlet to the box to the conduit to the subpanel.
Well I go to turn on my welder and it goes bang and wont turn on.
I fixed the wiring by taking out the neutral since I found out you only need two hots(and the ground terminal is grounded to the box) for 220.
But my question is why? what happened to cause the welder to kill itself. Aren't neutral and ground tied together back in the main box?
I just wired my garage for 220. I put in a subpanel and ran 2 hots, 1 neutral, and 1 Ground from my main panel.
When I wired my welder plugs I ran two hots and I ran the neutral to where the ground was supposed to go(I know, Im an Idiot). That neutral was grounded anyways through the outlet to the box to the conduit to the subpanel.
Well I go to turn on my welder and it goes bang and wont turn on.
I fixed the wiring by taking out the neutral since I found out you only need two hots(and the ground terminal is grounded to the box) for 220.
But my question is why? what happened to cause the welder to kill itself. Aren't neutral and ground tied together back in the main box?