How do you split 220v to 2 110v receptacles?
Question:it is for a garage- i am wondering how i can split 1 220v outlet into 2 110v outlets, cause all my garage has in it right now is 220v and i want to run 110v for some of the machines-
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at your breaker panel there are two bus bars. each is 120 volts... when you pick up a wire from each side, you have 240 volts. there is probably a red, black, white and bare copper (or green) for ground.. red and black make 240 volts. one red and the neutral make 120 v . one black and neutral make another 120 v. but you will still have a 240 v potential in the box which could be dangerous.. yes you can share the neutral wire. but your circuit breaker is a double pole breaker designed to trip simultaneously. you will have to take out the double pole breaker and put in 2 single pole breakers.. and do not put in a breaker with an ampacity that is more than the wire is rated to handle.10 gauge is a max of 30 amps. 12 gauge wire should have a max breaker of 20 amps. 14 g is 15 amps...for copper wire.for aluminum or copper clad aluminum wire subtract 5 amps from each. make sure all your connections are tight.. good luck
a duplex receptacle has a jumper on each side between the upper and lower outlet that you will have to snap off. or get a bigger box and put in 2 duplex receptacles... and split it to each side
You need a nuetral wire,the white one in a 115 outlet.It needs to run back to the panel..The two out-of-phase hot wires you have can share one nuetral
Two 110 volt lines are combined to create 220. The power comes into your house through 2 110 volt lines and a neutral. connect 110 to neutral and you have 110. Connect 110 to 110 and you have 220.
I would not try to do it at the outlet. Unless you do it at the circuit breaker it is probably against the building code.
If you must you could probably connect one of the 110 volt lines but you would also need a neutral which may not be present. Do not use ground instead.
just split the two hot legs so each outlet only has one
Your 220 outlet has a hot 110 on both pins with a neutral. You just use one hot 110 and neutral
This would depend on the size of wire you have of course. but you can install a small sub panel in which you can divide your circiuts up that way.let me know what size wire it is and I will let you know how too or what your best options are.
From the differing and confusing answers you are getting, you can see why an electrician must pass tests and have a license. There once was a song called "Burning Down The House" or in your case "Garage" - - - so - I recommend you go to the library and look at a book on this subject and if you are not 100 percent certain then, - - - call an electrician and have them come do it. Electricity is really very simple - but also, very dangerous, so if you need help, get a professional.
USA First, whoever voted "c" as having a bad answer should learn a little bit about electricity. He has a good answer.
You did not provide enough info for a simple answer. You have 220 v, but do you have a neutral? Not including bare or green grounds, if there are only two conductors (two hot legs) then: Remove the 2 pole breaker and install a 1 pole. Be sure to use the correct amperage for the conductor size. Use white tape to identify one of the conductors as a neutral, and terminate that conductor on the neutral bar. Terminate the other conductor to the new breaker. Then, in the garage, also use white tape to identify the neutral conductor. If the conductors are size 12 or 14, you can terminate them directly to a receptacle. If they are 10 or larger, you will need to splice size 12 wire to them in order to terminate them to a receptacle. I assume you mean regular 20 amp 120 volt receptacles. GFI protected is a must for a garage.
If you have three wires, two hots and one neutral: At the panel, verify that one conductor is terminated to the neutral bar. This ensures you have a neutral. Assuming you have a neutral, remove the 2 pole breaker and install 2 single pole breakers, terminating one "hot" conductor to each breaker. At the garage, you can share the neutral between both circuits. Terminate one "hot" conductor and one neutral to each receptacle.
Remember, black wire to brass colored screw, white wire to the silver colored screw. Be sure to ground the receptacles with the bare or green ground conductor.
If you are not absolutley positive on how to do this, please have the work done by a licensed electrician.
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