I got stump?? What would be the right way to wire this cook top??

[eagle19952]

here's the deal...
say your gonna sell the place or a county inspector comes to peek....
The first place he's going to look is in the service panel...
Wire nuts in a panel are a big NO NO....wild wires draw a lot of attention and then the question and answers start....
I would land the neutral in the panel...
And cap in the J box inside the heater or the wall...anywhere but the panel.
If the panel is accomplished "in a workmanship like manner" (Article 1)
well he's probably done looking.

[Oonrahnjay]

The AC 240 volts units don't have a white wire either but a dryer and a cook top do why ? Bruce I just install a new water heater also double elements 2 wires also with a green ground   

     Is it that the dryer and cooktop pull a 120V power supply?  If you have that, you need a neutral for the "imbalance" between the two legs.  But I don't know for sure.  And, yes, that water heater I put in was double elements; two wires and the ground.

[Oonrahnjay]

here's the deal...
say your gonna sell the place or a county inspector comes to peek....
The first place he's going to look is in the service panel...
Wire nuts in a panel are a big NO NO....wild wires draw a lot of attention and then the question and answers start....
I would land the neutral in the panel...
And cap in the J box inside the heater or the wall...anywhere but the panel.
If the panel is accomplished "in a workmanship like manner" (Article 1)
well he's probably done looking.

    Thanks, pretty much what I thought but since I wasn't sure (never ran into this before), I wanted to ask.  Appreciate the info!