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hi,
I need to pull a 220 line for an air conditioner and I also needed a
110 line for a light that's 5 feet away from it
all the walls are finished and it's an old house with the plaster and
lath walls.
I was wondering if i can make a splice at the 220 outlet and take the
110 from there
because the panel box is far,(about 40 ft)away.
can someone please help me?
thanks in advance,


You did not provide much information for anyone to give you precise
instructions. Where is the electrical panel in relation to the air
conditioner? Is the panel in the basement and the A/C on the second floor?
Will the light be wall mounted or on the ceiling? Will the light have a
wall switch?

Some older houses were built using balloon framing which allows a clear
passage through the walls from the basement to the attic. Try pushing a
fishtape up the wall from the basement to confirm this. There could be a
brick or masonry firestop at the bottom, but you may be able to sneak past
it. If it is not a concern another possibility is to run conduit up the
outside of the house.

There was a detailed posting/discussion about cutting into wood lathe and
plaster walls for electrical boxes in this newsgroup a few months ago. It
provided good information and I recommend that you do a search to find it.

Connecting a 110 volt circuit off of a 220 A/C circuit is not an acceptable
practice. Even if it was the light would dim every time the compressor
kicked in.