Mark Lloyd wrote:

On 19 Dec 2006 18:50:39 -0800, "farseer"
wrote:

Hello,

in my home are a few 240v outlets that used to serve air conditioners.
We now have a central air system, so those outlets are no longer
needed.

Can i leave the 240v outlets as is and plug any old device into them?
For instance, if i were to plug my alarm clock into that outlet, what
would happen?

How can iconvert them to 120v outlets? is it simply a matter of using
only one of the two hot wires to wire a new 15 or 20 am outlet?

thanks much

Is there a neutral wire at those outlets, or just the 2 hots? You'd
need neutral for 120V.
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If you're changing to 120V, you can repurpose the other hot as your
neutral (suitably marked of course). Indeed if this is a single run that
served a window A/C it's probably 12/2 w/ ground with the white wire
tagged black or red with tape.

Pete C.