if there is a neutral in the box, why not have two independent110V lines -
that way you can go back to 220 if the need arises
"Doug White" wrote in message
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Now that I have established some metal content, I have a question about
my screwy house wiring. The knowledge base here is about as broad as it
gets, so I figure soembody will have some ideas.

We have an outlet in our dining room that appears to be a 220V 15A duplex
outlet. It looks like a regular 110V 15A grounded outlet, except the
blades for the plugs are both horizontal. It was presumably installed
for a large window air conditioner before central air was installed. It
is live, and I measured ~220V AC with a DVM across the two blades.

I'd like to convert this to a regular 115V 15A outlet. I assumed that I
would find a dual lever 15A breaker in the panel box, and that I could
just connect one of the hot leads to neutral and install a single phase
breaker. I haven't had time to take the breaker box cover off the
breakers, but there are NO 15A dual breakers in the box.

I'll pop the cover in a day or so when I have time. In the meantime,
does anyone have any idea what I should be looking for inside the box
that might identify the related breaker? I've got a breaker tracing
gadget, but it's designed to plug into a 115V outlet. There is also no
guarantee that the outlet & breaker hookup were done correctly. I don't
know if the "ground" hole in the outlets is connected to a real ground or
neutral, or how to tell.

Thanks for any help or ideas.

Doug White



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