Mike,
I assume they ran an extra wire (white) for a neutral so you'd have 120 from
black-white or red-white. Then 240 from black to red with a regular ground
also. Check with a voltmeter from black to white for 120 volts.
Best,
Will
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On 5/4/05 at 12:06 AM RadioMB@aol.com wrote:
>Hello,
> I have just moved to a new house in FL. I had a 240v line run to the ham
>shack. The box contains 4 wires. The normal red and black hot wires, a
>copper
>ground wire, and a fourth white wire. Is the white wire a neutral wire?
>Since my
>Drake L-7 has 3 wire cord (two hot and the ground wire). Do I now use the
>white neutral wire or the copper ground wire as the third wire in the line
>cord?
>When adding the new plug to the three wires from the Drake do I just not
>use
>the fourth wire? Does this meet code for a 4 wire system? Thanks for your
>replies, looking forward to using the L-7 again.
>
>73 Mike WD5GLW
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