240 Volt 20 Amp Plug Wiring Diagram. Wiring a 20 amp 240 volt appliance receptacle. With this wiring both the black and white wires are used to carry 120 volts each and the white wire is wrapped with electrical tape to label it hot.
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The outlet should be wired to a dedicated 20 amp 240 volt circuit breaker in the service panel using 12 2 awg cable.
Connect the white and black wires to the receptacle terminals. Connect the white and black wires to the receptacle terminals. The four wires consist of two hot wires which are normally black but are sometimes red. And a ground wire usually green.