240v receptacle wiring question

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It sounds like you are on the right track. Make sure you put the wire nuts on nice and tight and the way you described it will work. (So each box, except for the last, has three wires per wire nut - One incoming, one out-going and a pigtail for the receptacle.) If you are using metal boxes, get some green grounding screws and screw one into the hole in the inside back of the box and connect your ground to the box and the receptacle.



What you are talking about here is called hardwiring. It would be a lot less expensive way to go. Get the timer and a 4"x4" handibox. Run a (timed) cable from the timer to the 4x4. Cut the ends off your cords and put them in the box. Be sure to use the proper connectors where you put the wires into the 4x4. Strip your wires the appropriate amount, connect the colors, put a blank cover on the box and you're good to go.

If you have a soldering iron, it would be good idea to tin your cord wires before you hook them up - es mucho mejor para su conneciones y, tambien, mas facil para ti.

Look in your book for a junction box. That's what you'd be making.

PC

cool thanks.
edit:i did my research and i was wrong earlier about my sub-panel / timer wiring. i need 15a @240v for my one 1k & three 600's lights. then i need another 10a @120v (5a @240v) for the a/c and last i need 10a @120v for support equipment. that equals 25a @240v.
so i can use 10/3 wire rated at 30a@240v as my feeder to the sub-panel and use a 30a double-pole breaker at the main panel. because of the 80% rule i should be in the safe range at 25a@240v with a 30a double-pole breaker? inside the sub-panel i will have 20a double-pole breaker wired with 12/3 for the lights and three 15a 120v single-pole breakers wired with 14/2 for the support equipment.