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HOW TO CONVERT A 220V CIRCUIT TO TWO 110V CIRCUITS. THE WIRE IS 10 GA WITH RED WHITE BLACK AND BARE GROUND
Piece of cake John. Remove the double breaker now feeding this circuit. The breaker will have the black and red connected. Replace this double breaker with two single 20 amp breakers and connect the black to one, the red to the other. The white and bare should already be connected to the neutral and ground bars, verify that they are and they will not be disturbed and stay as they are. Now you have two 120 volt circuits with a common neutral and ground. Just use the black, white and ground for one, and the red, white and ground for the other. Let me know if I can assist further John, thanks for asking, J
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J Cook
Expertise
General electrical wiring, including but not limited to, residential, panelboards, control wiring, low voltage wiring, Heating and A/C control wiring, single and three phase wiring.
Experience
I have been doing electrical since high school. I have been licensed by the State of North Carolina for ten years and am currently the Building Maintenance Superintendent for a municipality. I have extensive control wiring experience.
Organizations
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society.
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