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On Feb 9, 10:03 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

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Hi everyone. When we built our house I had the electrician run a wire
down to the basement so we could tap into it to finish the basement.
We finished the basement, but ran a new line. So now in the storage
area I have a 12/2 wire hooked into a 20 amp breaker not being used.
My question - can I simply wire an outlet to this wire?

Yes. Turn off the breaker, though, and double check with a meter or test
light to be sure it's really off. This assumes you don't want to be a human
light bulb.

Thanks. Do I need any special type of outlet? Not sure if there are
different ratings for 15 amp breakers on 14/2 or 20 amp breakers on
12/2.

15A outlets on 15A circuit.

15 or 20A outlet on 20A circuit. But if using 15A outlets there must be
at least 2 (a standard duplex outlet is 2).

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