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Mar 15, 2022

Does it matter which terminal when using two black and one bare wire? I know bare is ground and booster pump is prewired for 230v.

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Mar 15, 2022

They are both equally live, but of opposite phase, so it doesn't matter which way round the two blacks are connected.

reginaldwalters

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Mar 15, 2022

I thought that but wasn't sure. ty

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