KK6PD said:
Considering that both Neutral & Ground land on the same buss, it repetitive!
I used #8 in conduit, 3 ft run! Outlet is next to the panel!
It's all good!
If you used a 14-50r outlet(what this thread is talking about) then what didn't you connect, neutral or ground? I believe the issue with using a outlet that has a neutral and even though your EVSE doesn't use it is if someone else plugs in something requiring a neutral they are going to assume the outlet has a neutral, without one it could cause serious issues. IMO if you were only talking about 3 feet of wire I'd have sprung for the small additional cost to make it not only code compliant but also usable for a device that required the neutral. Now if were talking about a hard wired installation, then no neutral is needed nor required. Lastly if it was just that you didn't have 3 feet of #8 white wire, it's my understanding you can use any color wire you want, your just required to tape the ends of the wire with the correct color(white in the case of a neutral). Thats what I did when I installed a L14-30r outlet on my sub panel, used green wire for the neutral and covered both ends with white electrical tape. Also if your against using a neutral wire then just use the appropriate 240v outlet that doesn't use a neutral(NEMA 6-50 I believe).
True in most panels ground and neutral go to the same buss but I don't believe thats always the case, a sub panel for instance.