Posted by Paul from MI on November 13, 2011 at 07:05:22 from (70.165.188.151):
In Reply to: OT electric posted by Budd on November 13, 2011 at 04:29:06:
As John T says, yes it can be done and be safe and legal. BUT, you can't use the existing groundING conductor for anything except that and you must provide a grounding conductor for the 120V outlet. You will need to replace the 240v-2 pole-probably40amp breaker or fuse with a 120v-single pole-20amp fuse or breaker. either the red or black wire can be connected to this which now becomes the "hot" for the receptacle. The other insulated conductor must be identified with white tape or paint whereever it is exposed, in both the panel and the receptacle box, and connected to the neutral bus in the panel. It now becomes the neutral for your receptacle. In a nutshell, you must provide an insulated hot protected at no more than 20 amps, an insulated identified white neutral, and a GROUNDING conductor to feed your new receptacle. Given the space needed to make splices to 12 ga. wire to fit a receptacle this may not be so easy. It probably will be easier to leave the old circuit intact and pull as complete new one. DO NOT USE THE EXISTING GROUNDING CONDCTOR AS A NEUTRAL AND DO NOT CUT OFF SOME OF THE WIRE IN THE EXISTING CABLE TO MAKE IT FIT THE RECEPTACLE ASND DO NOT USE THE EXISTING 30 OR 40 AMP PROTECTION. Good luck with the project.
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