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Posted by steve_andruszka on February 9, 2007, 10:00 am
Hi everyone. When we built our house I had the electrician run a wire
down to the basement so we could tap into it to finish the basement.
We finished the basement, but ran a new line. So now in the storage
area I have a 12/2 wire hooked into a 20 amp breaker not being used.
My question - can I simply wire an outlet to this wire?
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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on February 9, 2007, 10:03 am
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> Hi everyone. When we built our house I had the electrician run a wire
> down to the basement so we could tap into it to finish the basement.
> We finished the basement, but ran a new line. So now in the storage
> area I have a 12/2 wire hooked into a 20 amp breaker not being used.
> My question - can I simply wire an outlet to this wire?
Yes. Turn off the breaker, though, and double check with a meter or test
light to be sure it's really off. This assumes you don't want to be a human
light bulb.
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Posted by steve_andruszka on February 9, 2007, 10:07 am
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> > Hi everyone. When we built our house I had the electrician run a wire
> > down to the basement so we could tap into it to finish the basement.
> > We finished the basement, but ran a new line. So now in the storage
> > area I have a 12/2 wire hooked into a 20 amp breaker not being used.
> > My question - can I simply wire an outlet to this wire?
> Yes. Turn off the breaker, though, and double check with a meter or test
> light to be sure it's really off. This assumes you don't want to be a human
> light bulb.
Thanks. Do I need any special type of outlet? Not sure if there are
different ratings for 15 amp breakers on 14/2 or 20 amp breakers on
12/2.
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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on February 9, 2007, 10:11 am
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>> > Hi everyone. When we built our house I had the electrician run a wire
>> > down to the basement so we could tap into it to finish the basement.
>> > We finished the basement, but ran a new line. So now in the storage
>> > area I have a 12/2 wire hooked into a 20 amp breaker not being used.
>> > My question - can I simply wire an outlet to this wire?
>> Yes. Turn off the breaker, though, and double check with a meter or test
>> light to be sure it's really off. This assumes you don't want to be a
>> human
>> light bulb.
> Thanks. Do I need any special type of outlet? Not sure if there are
> different ratings for 15 amp breakers on 14/2 or 20 amp breakers on
> 12/2.
No. But, but if you're installing a box, you might might want to make it a
double, in case you want to add a switch, two more outlets or timer later.
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Posted by Bud-- on February 9, 2007, 10:36 am
steve_andruszka@yahoo.com wrote:
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>>>Hi everyone. When we built our house I had the electrician run a wire
>>>down to the basement so we could tap into it to finish the basement.
>>>We finished the basement, but ran a new line. So now in the storage
>>>area I have a 12/2 wire hooked into a 20 amp breaker not being used.
>>>My question - can I simply wire an outlet to this wire?
>>Yes. Turn off the breaker, though, and double check with a meter or test
>>light to be sure it's really off. This assumes you don't want to be a human
>>light bulb.
>
>
> Thanks. Do I need any special type of outlet? Not sure if there are
> different ratings for 15 amp breakers on 14/2 or 20 amp breakers on
> 12/2.
>
15A outlets on 15A circuit.
15 or 20A outlet on 20A circuit. But if using 15A outlets there must be
at least 2 (a standard duplex outlet is 2).
bud--
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> down to the basement so we could tap into it to finish the basement.
> We finished the basement, but ran a new line. So now in the storage
> area I have a 12/2 wire hooked into a 20 amp breaker not being used.
> My question - can I simply wire an outlet to this wire?