Breakers
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Jim greengo
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Use 1 leg for each circuit.
Terry D
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Remove the 2-pole breaker and install 2 single pole breakers. Wire your 120 volt load to one of the breakers and the other would be a spare. Or install 1 single pole breaker and a filler plate. But if this is for a multiwire branch circuit, the 2-pole breaker can be left in there and wire the separate hots to the breaker
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pattenp
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If the existing circuit wire is 2 conductor romex disconnect the white wire from the 2 pole breaker and connect it to the neutral bar. That makes the circuit 120V.
wyliesdiesels
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Depends on the type of breaker.
What is the circuit for or what are you trying to do?
What is the circuit for or what are you trying to do?
Raisedonadeere
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Cut it in half.
Or tie a tight knot in it. That should bleed some of the energy off and keep tightening the knot till you get down to 120v. But Berts idea is probably better, easier to calibrate.
Miss the Pontiacs
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Dwayne Patrick Schneider what kind of a maintenance man are you anyway
SGKent
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The easiest way is to hire an electrician. Especially if you have to ask about what you did. That is not a flame - just concerned for your safety.
JeepJohn62
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The other guys are pointing you in the right direction.
I should say that you don't "convert a 220v breaker". In common panels, a 2 pole breaker is used to provide 220/240v for a power feed. No neutral is needed, but a green safety ground is connected to the ground bus..
A 120v circuit uses a single pole breaker. The black wire connects to the breaker and the white is connected to the neutral. Again, a separate green safety ground wire is connected to the ground bus.
A simple example: Lets say you have a 240v outlet now, connected to a 2 pole breaker in the panel. If you remove the 2 pole breaker, and install a single pole breaker in one of the slots, then connect as a 120v as described above. Of course, the outlet would be changed to a standard 120v style to match.
Caution: If you do not know how to de-energize a panel and do this safely, please stop and get assistance from someone familiar with electrical work. All AC panels contain lethal voltage.
Don't experiment and get bit.
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Dwayne Patrick Schneider what kind of a maintenance man are you anyway
The kind that knows how to keep the electricules flowing.