Hello all,
I've been reading, and reading, and reading...and I can't seem to wrap my head around exactly how I need to wire up my electric kettle. I've searched the forum and I've seen lots of diagrams. However, they all seem to be doing more than I need.
I'm trying to get this all setup so I don't kill myself...
I purchased a GFCI Spa Panel that is going into the main panel at my house. I have a 4 prong outlet connected to the spa panel. The 4 wire cable that I plug in (to the spa panel) will go to my "control box". The cable will be used to connect to a relay that would be connected to a 3 prong outlet (that I'll plug my heating element int).
I don't need 120v, as I'm powering my pot. with a separate power source.
So the question is what do I do with the 4 wires coming in to the panel (that will connect to a 3 prong outlet)? From what I gather I would run 1 hot wire to the relay (then out to hot on the outlet), and the other hot wire directly to the outlet. Can someone tell me what to do with the neutral and ground? I'm pretty sure that the ground (I should mention the ground doesn't have insulation) should go to the outlet (since I need to ground the kettle). In one thread there was a mention of just putting a wire nut on the neutral and taking the ground to the outlet.
Is this okay (as in it will allow the GFCI/ground protection to work properly)?
One other question. If I were to end up wiring directly to a 3 prong dryer outlet (rather than the main panel) using the wiring in the attached image will I get the same level of protection as I would if connected to the main panel?
Thanks ahead of time! I hope this will bring me some peace of mind.
- Lee
I've been reading, and reading, and reading...and I can't seem to wrap my head around exactly how I need to wire up my electric kettle. I've searched the forum and I've seen lots of diagrams. However, they all seem to be doing more than I need.
I'm trying to get this all setup so I don't kill myself...
I purchased a GFCI Spa Panel that is going into the main panel at my house. I have a 4 prong outlet connected to the spa panel. The 4 wire cable that I plug in (to the spa panel) will go to my "control box". The cable will be used to connect to a relay that would be connected to a 3 prong outlet (that I'll plug my heating element int).
I don't need 120v, as I'm powering my pot. with a separate power source.
So the question is what do I do with the 4 wires coming in to the panel (that will connect to a 3 prong outlet)? From what I gather I would run 1 hot wire to the relay (then out to hot on the outlet), and the other hot wire directly to the outlet. Can someone tell me what to do with the neutral and ground? I'm pretty sure that the ground (I should mention the ground doesn't have insulation) should go to the outlet (since I need to ground the kettle). In one thread there was a mention of just putting a wire nut on the neutral and taking the ground to the outlet.
Is this okay (as in it will allow the GFCI/ground protection to work properly)?
One other question. If I were to end up wiring directly to a 3 prong dryer outlet (rather than the main panel) using the wiring in the attached image will I get the same level of protection as I would if connected to the main panel?
Thanks ahead of time! I hope this will bring me some peace of mind.
- Lee