"Steve" wrote in
:

Yes, it can and is done, however, there is a going to be a two pole
breaker that is set up for both hot leads of the old 240 circuit. The
handles will be ganged together and may not trip properly.. If and
when one circuit trips it will also trip the other circuit out..

You could change out the circuit breaker to two single poles and that
would correct that problem.

Steve



Using a two pole breaker on a split wired 120v circuit is a really good
idea and may be required, I'm not sure. It helps make things safer for
someone maintaining it later. In particular, where a single receptacle has
the hot side split so half is on one circuit, half on the other. Someone
who didn't know to trip both single pole breakers would be in for a nasty
surprise.

Doug