Hi Tom,

Yes I am in Canada. And yes it served a secondary kitchen area in my
basement.

Louis

"HorneTD" wrote in message
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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

Louis
A couple of questions. Do you live in Canada? Did that receptacle serve
your kitchen at one time?
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Tom H