I have a 2 wire 240V line running to my garage off a double pole 30 amp breaker from the main panel.
This line has no neutral wire. The previous owner had an air compressor dedicated to this line. I have no need for a 240 line running into the garage but I do want 120 for lights and small power tools.
Can I do the following:
I want to feed the 240 into a sub panel(no main breaker in this sub panel) and run 2 15amp and 2 20amp breakers out of this sub panel. To get around the no neutral issue I was thinking I could sink a ground rod and run that into the ground bar and treat the sub panel like a main. I was thinking I could just not connect the ground wire from the feed line into the sub panel and ground the sub panel by itself so I can hook my neutral wires from my outlets into the ground bar. In other words I was thinking I could hook the two hot wires into the top of the panel and tape off the ground then run the ground wire from the ground rod into the ground bar in the sub panel and run the hot wire for the outlet into a breaker and the neutral and ground wires into the ground bar.
Is this safe?
This line has no neutral wire. The previous owner had an air compressor dedicated to this line. I have no need for a 240 line running into the garage but I do want 120 for lights and small power tools.
Can I do the following:
I want to feed the 240 into a sub panel(no main breaker in this sub panel) and run 2 15amp and 2 20amp breakers out of this sub panel. To get around the no neutral issue I was thinking I could sink a ground rod and run that into the ground bar and treat the sub panel like a main. I was thinking I could just not connect the ground wire from the feed line into the sub panel and ground the sub panel by itself so I can hook my neutral wires from my outlets into the ground bar. In other words I was thinking I could hook the two hot wires into the top of the panel and tape off the ground then run the ground wire from the ground rod into the ground bar in the sub panel and run the hot wire for the outlet into a breaker and the neutral and ground wires into the ground bar.
Is this safe?