It sounds as if the original receptacle was wired for two hots (black
and red). This is done, illegally I think, by breaking the little strap
on the receptacle that connects the two hot brass screws. (The white
neutral should go to the tin plated screws, the hot to the brass - the
short blade on the receptacle should be hot, the long blade should be
neutral.)

I think the easiest thing to do is simply tape up one of the hots.

Louis McEniry wrote:

Hello,

I dabble with electrical. And generally, I will 'copy' existing wiring so I
don't screw things up too much. I thought I was being very carefull to do
this in this case.


I moved a recepticle through a floor to have an extra plug in my bedroom. I
wrote the wiring scheme of the receptacle down so I could duplicate the
wiring upstairs.

It was a three wire, 12 guage, receptacle. Why its three wires, I don't
know.

The scheme on the back of the receptacle I though was:

Left side Right side
Black White

Red


From the fuse box, the black and Red wires were each on its own fuse, ie
both hot....again why, I do not know.


The problem is that the above scheme doesn't work... I can input one fuse,
but when putting in the second, it blows.


Can anyone help me ???

Thanks!

Louis