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Originally Posted by Oval_Overload
Ah... you have located the source of my troubles. The garage is wired to one 120 volt circuit. Surely illegal, If one of the wires is 12-3, I can reconfigure it to 220 service and feed the 120 service from the other wire, locking the kitchen switch 'on' (or not... so I can screw with Kal when he's working on his cars)
~Jim
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No don't do that, that would be fine if the wires were colored correctly and it wasn't in a place that ever would see anyone else potentially messing with it. But I know darn well if I see a green wire I might touch it. Plus you never know where the earth ground ends up even if you disconnect it from the garage and wire to the AC-neutral wire.
Effectively what you would be doing is removing all the AC110 neural wires, moving ground to neutral and using the neutral as opposite phase AC for the 220. That could have shocking consequences if your ground wires contact anything they shouldn't on the way to your earth ground. Also none of your 120 or 220 appliances would have an earth ground unless you wire one in.
Cheers
Ryan