220 schematic requiring a neutral wire?

What RJ said.

In the US the second 'hot' would be protected by the breaker. 220 single phase breakers protect both poles.

Connect the PE (green) to the Earth connection on your outlet/box. it doesn't carry functional current - it is your protection if something comes loose or fails in such a way that the chassis of the mill becomes 'hot'.

A 240 V single-phase breaker is normally two poles in the US -- meaning it would protect both legs. Why would they incorporate a fuse in only one leg in a 240V appliance expecting to be wired across two legs?
 
A 240 V single-phase breaker is normally two poles in the US -- meaning it would protect both legs. Why would they incorporate a fuse in only one leg in a 240V appliance expecting to be wired across two legs?

I work in electrical design for industrial control systems. Typically all hot legs are fused or broken with circuit breakers. Neutral and ground should never have fusing. Multi-pole circuit breakers are used here, which have connections between the poles to trip all legs if one goes.

The risk with only fusing one legs of a 240VAC L-N-L system would be if the non-fused hot leg shorted to ground as there would be no breaker until the utility distribution (which is bad).

Call up Precision Matthews and get their input on wiring. If they tell you to wire it that way then it is on them. Don't guess with electricity.


EDIT: I agree, if someone handed me that schematic, I would believe it to be 120VAC. No one would call the second hot of a 240V line "N".
 
I work in electrical design for industrial control systems. Typically all hot legs are fused or broken with circuit breakers. Neutral and ground should never have fusing. Multi-pole circuit breakers are used here, which have connections between the poles to trip all legs if one goes.

The risk with only fusing one legs of a 240VAC L-N-L system would be if the non-fused hot leg shorted to ground as there would be no breaker until the utility distribution (which is bad).

Call up Precision Matthews and get their input on wiring. If they tell you to wire it that way then it is on them. Don't guess with electricity.


EDIT: I agree, if someone handed me that schematic, I would believe it to be 120VAC. No one would call the second hot of a 240V line "N".
I would have thought so as well but here is the schematic of the Grizzly G0755 mill which is 220 volt only. You will notice that the same wiring designation is used.
G0755 Schematic.JPG
There should be no path to ground of the unfused N leg as it is electrically isolated from earth the same as the L leg. There is a danger of an unprotected short between the unfused N leg and the PE leg. Presumably, this would trip the circuit breaker though. Another possibility would be someone thinking because a fuse was blown that the machine was safe to work on but exposing ones self to electrical circuitry without disconnecting from the power mains is a fool's game by any measure.
 
Perhaps they are being lazy with their drawings and notes. The convention showing L1 & N for 220V probably works OK in the UK and perhaps others since the voltage across L1 & N in the UK is 220V. But the same applied here is causing confusion and certainly does not follow UL or NFPA. What they should have shown for US applications is what RJ and others have noted. If the device is indeed rated for 220, you can apply 220V across the Black and White, with the White re-labeled with Red tape, etc. Do not connect the utility neutral but do connect the ground to the enclosure, etc. But there is still the problem of putting 220V across the hand controls which is a problem not only for NFPA/UL, but also the IEC. So much for standards harmonization & globalization.
 
I took a look at the PM30 specs and it is indeed listed as a 220 volt unit. Could have fooled me tho.
I wonder if Matt is aware that the wiring colors are not really "code-ish"?
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I took a look at the PM30 specs and it is indeed listed as a 220 volt unit. Could have fooled me tho.
I wonder if Matt is aware that the wiring colors are not really "code-ish"?

Just about every single phase Chinese/Asian mill run on 220V comes either wired with a Black, White and Green or Brown, Blue and yellow/green wire cable, i.e Hot, Neutral, Ground. The machine's are not wired for US specifications, they are for ROW (Rest of World). If you look at most "universal voltage power supplies i.e. 90-240VAC input" they all have a N and L1 input connection.

It is unfortunate that the mill manual is not clear on this, but US electrical code allows you to use a white wire if it is marked with some red tap at either end denoting a hot leg. It with be worthwhile that when the machines are shipped to customers that the power cable is marked as to connections. I would also prefer that both hot legs are fused for safety reasons, but agree with RJSakowski, only a fool would works on the wiring without disconnecting the power at the panel. I get kind of paranoid on this and one can never be too safe. Made my share of "thought I disconnected that circuit" and been electrocuted enough times to have learned my lesson and am still be alive to talk about it.
 
First off this device being built off shore is likely built as universal meaning it can be shipped anywhere any time with minor things like just a motor different depending on where it may land.

That being stated...

The internal configuration shows only one fuse which is fine.

That fuse is in series with the load and can go anywhere that an open will remove the load from the line.

The LOAD CENTER however is where a breaker for each current carrying wire is needed.

The device is not split phase or in need of neutral so the 3 wires are L1, L2 and safety ground.

Green is almost always that...check it with ohmeter.

Black is usually L1 and white is usually neutral but can be used as L2 and it should be marked with a red band of something but most understand both white and black are current carrying.

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