How to Wire a New 220v Outlet for Air Conditioning!

How to wire in a new 220v outlet for air conditioning! We'll be using a retro fit box to install a new outlet in the wall, then run 10/2 (and 10/3 because I didn't want to buy more wire), and connect the wire to the breaker panel.

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[tenwalls]

Best practices would be to redesignate the white 10/2 with black tape when connecting it to the red 10/3 in the jbox. For sure would do it at the breaker.

[shannoneastwood]

When I seen you start without trying to find stud I said watch he hit a stud I be dame you couldn’t have hit it more center stud lol😂

[Feardabeard]

And when you need to find a stud you end up putting 1000 holes in your drywall. lololol

[Madebyfredi]

Man I really appreciate your video and how you explained it. God bless your heart man . Thank you

[jrgtz]

Like the way it was explained and like the can do attitude, Nicely done Sr.

[CreativeVisionzGroup]

Brooo…I truly dig the voice over lol are you a Pilot…feels like I’m watching a pre-flight message lolol

[shawnw]

I'm trying to wire a 6-15 outlet. I have 2 blacks, 2 whites, and a ground. Everyone i tried watching that wired it only had 1 black, 1 white and a ground so they repurposed the white neutral into a hot. Where i have 2 sets of wires, am i able to connect a black to each side, my ground and then cap off my neutrals?

[trevorbelmont]

Maybe its good to Mask the areas to be cut first to prevent paint from chipping too much?

[michaelbernal]

Question: what do we do when we're not sure if the wall were drilling or cutting is a main wire wall were a lot of most of the electrical wiring to the home runs through and don't want to hit any wiring and cause an electrical short or fire from cutting or drilling. How to I check for wires in the wall I know that wiring is 16in from the ground in outlet and every two feet is a stud but the wiring is what?

[redsoxvette]

You should do voice work for the Simpsons 😅

[KevinCoop]

It’s nice that you have a spare Square D breaker in the bottom of a Cutler Hammer panel. NEC violation, you installed a single 250 volt receptacle rated at 20 amps on a 30 amp branch circuit. That’s a no no. It could have been a 15 or 20 amp circuit and device, based on the AC being 9 amps. Not going any further.

[kristiandawe]

Did anyone spot what looked like and arch at @16:52 all the same great work

[runner]

You wired red to outlet and capped white, in the breaker box you wire white as hot to the breaker. Where did the red wire go in the breaker box and where is the neutral in breaker box go?

[wolfcantswim]

What kind of framing is that? With the wall having those horizontal posts

[DorothyHarrison-gj]

Do you run wire to inside breaker box or box outside on the pole

[A-privilege-not.a-right]

Did you ever announce baseball games? You got that voice.

[loganlease]

how many amp and volt does your ac need

[jeffnanozny]

Can I use the yellow 12/2 for the ac unit and nothing else will ever hook to this

[emuench]

Hi, I bought a 220V air conditioner and the surge protector on the cord will not reset. It's the same plug as yours. My outlet has 120V on each of the prongs, and a ground. Three wires. Convinced it was the surge protector and I didn't want to have to drag a 130-lb AC back to Home Depot, I chopped the GFI off and direct-wired it. Still didn't work (no surprise, b/c it had tiny sensing wires in the cord). Bought a new different AC, tho same brand, and it's the same as yours (LG #LW2422IVSM); imagine my surprise when it also won't reset; the pilot LED on the cord GFI also never illuminates. This is in my shop, which gets 60A thru 3-wire service via a 60A breaker in my house; one hot goes to each bar, and bare goes to ground/neutral, where all the white/bare wires get connected. My outlet has 115V in each leg. The box for both AC's says 220V, and the manual points out the 220V plug, so I'm assuming it wants 115 in each leg; it draws up to 2290A, so it'd have to be across two 115's, right?. It says it needs a wall receptacle that's "Standard 240V, 3-wire grounding receptacle rated 15A/240VAC/60Hz". I can pull the plug out halfway and with my voltmeter read 115V on of the two powered prongs. House is from '89, shop was added sometime later (before me). Is the GFI on these things maybe too touchy to work in this setup? Perhaps important, the 50A breaker/wire that supplies my outlet branches in the wall to also power a 30A welding outlet (still 115 on each leg and one ground/neutral). I currently have two smal 120V AC's, one old and one new, both with cord GFIs, running on separate circuits in the shop with no problem. Many, many thanks; just moved to Texas and it's getting very hot here :-).

[YuliaVarich]

Why you connected wight wire at the panel ?