Here's an additional thought. If the situation is what I described in my previous message you could go back to the main breaker box and take the white wire off of the hot breaker outlet and connect it to the neutral bus bar. That would convert the whole circuit to 120. Of course, that could only be done if the 240 outlet was the only one on that circuit. That is usually the case. I don't know if it's code, but I've never seen a 240 volt circuit with more than one outlet on it.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 10:22 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] converting 220 outlet to 110 > In older houses, such as the one I live in, the 240 outlets have only > three > wires brought to them. The two hots and a safety ground. No neutral. > You > would have to use the safety ground to carry current and that's a really > bad > idea. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 5:42 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] converting 220 outlet to 110 > > >> Do you know what wiring is in the box? >> >> Often there is three conductor cable there, black white and red. If so >> there >> should be 110 between the red and the white and 110 between the black and >> the white, 220 between the red and the black. >> >> This assumes correct code and all that Rae was talking about. >> >> If this is so then you take a standard 110 receptacle and split the >> bridge >> between the two sockets on the live bronze screw side of the receptacle, >> attach the red to one terminal and the black to the other and the white >> to >> the other neutral side of the receptacle, ground it in the usual way and >> you >> now have two circuits in the same box, each 110 volts and what ever >> amperage >> the circuit supports. >> >> I expect this is what you will find, except for specific and specialized >> installations most will have that arrangement. Stoves and dryers for >> example >> have both 220 volt requirements and 110 volt requirements for things like >> timers, lights and auxiliary outlets, air conditioners have 110 volt >> fans. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype DaleLeavens >> Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kevin Doucet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 3:20 PM >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] converting 220 outlet to 110 >> >> >>> Hi group, >>> >>> I have an electric 220 outlet near a counter in the kitchen. 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