To the experts,
I am very new to electrical engineering so I will attempt to provide a
clear question. If further details are needed please let me know. The
situation is as follows. I have an older house that I just purchased and I
would like to convert one of the bedrooms into a laundry room. There is
currently a base board heater in the room that is serviced via a 240
circuit. There are 2 30amp breakers servicing this circuit. My question is
this. It seems that 120 volt devices need a return path back but that 240
circuits do not. Is this correct? Would I simply take each of the 2 wires
and attach a wall connector to them for servicing my dryer. Also, as I
stated earlier this is an older house and there is no ground wire in the
room. The base board heater is not connected to a ground. Is this a
potential hazard waiting to happen?
Thank you for your time,
Carl.
- posted 16 years ago