I am wiring up a oven in the garage for powder coating. A
electrician ran the wires to the area where I want the oven, he ran
6guage wire, not sure why that thick but ok since its a 40amp circuit
(oven draws 35) but I can live with that.
Problem is that he ran only 3 wires, 2 hots and one neutral, the
oven has a ground as well. I looked at my air compressor that he
wired many years ago and he ran a ground (bare) wire from the neutral
wire to the ground post. Is that ok ? never had any problems but
just wondering. My house is old 2 wire wiring throughout and about
10 years ago he grounded some plugs in the back room where I had
computers, I needed a grounded plug to prevent the "faulty ground"
alarm on the UPS, at that time he ran a wire outside and to a copper
ground stake he hammered into the ground so that the 2 wall plugs in
that room are grounded. Should I hammer a ground stake in the garage
and wire the ground to the oven there ? or is neutral to ground good enough.
I would ask him but he is not in town until late next week. I hate
electrical stuff :)
Mike
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