need a certified electrictian to check this

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Originally Posted by PharmaCan

Tokudai - Now I really suggest that you get an electrician because what you wrote above is not what I said. No offense intended, but you seem to lack even the most basic understanding of electricity and circuitry - either that or you just have difficulty expressing yourself.

Originally you were talking about installing some new wires to accomplish a certain task, now you are talking about CONVERTING something??? This makes no sense whatsoever in the context of your original post and, anyway, "converting" things is how unknowledgeable people really fuck-up their wiring. If you add a new circuit for your project, about the worst thing that can happen is that it won't work or it blows the circuit breaker. However, if you go messing with existing circuitry, you're liable to cause a lot of damage to your home and everything electrical/electronic in it.

Get an electrician! You don't need a licensed contractor, any old wire puller can do this.

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Well, I'm not the original poster, (maybe you saw Tokudai vs Tokalot?) but I must have misread the OP - It seemed like he was trying to convert a 110 circuit into a 220 circuit - or vice versa - which is SIMPLE if you know what you are doing. And then I posted kudos to you for explaining it so well. But thanks for the heads up!

So I agree with you - if you don't know what you are doing - get an electrician =D

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Originally Posted by Tokudai

Well, I'm not the original poster, (maybe you saw Tokudai vs Tokalot?) but I must have misread the OP - It seemed like he was trying to convert a 110 circuit into a 220 circuit - or vice versa - which is SIMPLE if you know what you are doing. And then I posted kudos to you for explaining it so well. But thanks for the heads up!

So I agree with you - if you don't know what you are doing - get an electrician =D

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Tokadai - Sorry - I guess I was token too much and getting the Tok's confused. LOL

Maybe we are saying the same thing in different ways. In the US, you wouldn't, technically, "convert" a 240V circuit to 120V because a 240V circuit is, in fact, two 120V lines. So, there's no need to convert anything - you merely have to "isolate" one of the 120V lines, preferably in a sub-panel of some sort.

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Originally Posted by PharmaCan

Tokadai - Sorry - I guess I was token too much and getting the Tok's confused. LOL

Maybe we are saying the same thing in different ways. In the US, you wouldn't, technically, "convert" a 240V circuit to 120V because a 240V circuit is, in fact, two 120V lines. So, there's no need to convert anything - you merely have to "isolate" one of the 120V lines, preferably in a sub-panel of some sort.

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Yep - you said it a lot more eloquently than I can muster up. And change the breaker and the plug socket - only the wiring remain minus the hot you abandon - so thats why I used the word "convert". It's easier to split a 240 than combine 110's, since chances are the 110 existing circuit won't be have the extra hot - so you get to pull wire (always fun) - especially when you cant pull with the exisiting Romex due to staples.

Looking at his diagram again, it appears he wants to run a 110 outlet off one leg of the 240 circuit, which is bad medicine, and will likely overload that leg of the breaker when the 240V comes online at best case, worst case burn everything down around it.....

yo im a licensed electrician, and in my opinion i would either 1.hire a certified Journeyman electrician or higher rank 2. do what was said above and use the existing outlets and plug an anti surge powerstrip in. deffinetely dont mess with your panel and try to run your own wires if you are not sure what you are doing. if you are using 240V you have to get a small transformer to reduce the current to 120V. Thats what i would do if it was my situation...