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My Wife's mother wants a install an outdoor lighting fixture on the side of the house where there is no convenient power access.
Instead of having to run a new 110v circuit 150ft, we were wondering about a nearby 220v circuit that feeds 1 evap cooler.
Can we branch off from one of the hot 110 v lines to power an outdoor light using 2 90watt bulbs? will this lower the voltage of the tapped
into hot line and cause a fault or power issue for the evap cooler? would tapping into each hot lines with only 1 90 watt bulb. be more
viable solution. Or should we immediately stop thinking of such ridiculous things and smack ourselves for even thinking of such possibilities? hehe
It just seems awefully expensive to accomodate this lighting desire.

Can we extend off of a 110v receptacle circuit provided the wiring is
suitable?

Why isn't this your first choice, since it's straightforward and done
all the time? I hope you intend to use an electrician for the actual
work.