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re: OT Electrician advice needed: running 110v off of 220v line

Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:52 pm to
Posted by HubbaBubba
F_uck Joe Biden, TX
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:52 pm to
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You may be way oversimplifying it. We need to know if he has a neutral or not to determine if he can properly wire a 120v from the 240v circuit. It is likely he does but not guaranteed. Also, I thought he still needs 240v from the circuit, maybe I am wrong.
I will still need that.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
26143 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 2:53 pm to
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I will still need that.


OK 3 wire or 4 wire 240v circuit?
Posted by THRILLHO
Metry, LA
Member since Apr 2006
49540 posts
Posted on 7/7/21 at 3:07 pm to
Is the breaker for the existing oven either 15A or 20A? If not, then you definitely can't do it without adding a load center to split up the loads.

Without digging into code to see if this is even allowed: if the existing circuit to the oven has a neutral, then you could theoretically add the additional receptacle across one of the lines + neutral. The receptacle can be GFI type (only 120V, 15/20A receptacles in kitchens are required to be GFI, the 240V isn't). The problem is that if you plug in anything of consequence into that receptacle (microwave, blender, coffee maker, etc) then the breaker is liable to trip while that device and the oven are on at the same time. This is especially true if the oven has been on for an extended period of time. This is still an issue if you add a load center to split the 240V circuit into the 240V + 120V circuits.

While it may be more time consuming, you'd be much better off just extending a nearby 20A, 120V circuit serving a nearby receptacle.
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