ps we are in Nowata

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> On Nov 21, 2015, at 1:34 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes 
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
> When ya gonna be home next week?  (turkey day week)  It might work...
> 
> You can move the switches, or change to 3 way and run a wire from the current 
> to the additional switches.  If the picture I can't see has wires connected 
> to the double breaker, then it is a 220 circuit. 120V should have a black, a 
> white and a green.  Most residential 220/240 has the same.  the white is used 
> in  place of the red.  Good color coding would be black, red, green for a 
> 220/240v single phase, and it may have a white also to keep the common.
> 
> You can put more than one outlet on a breaker, but for 240 V major users, the 
> best practices is to have one outlet per breaker.  Same for dishwasher, air 
> cond, etc.
> 
> If you need more spaces, you can get piggyback breakers or half width 
> breakers to get more 120V circuits in the same box, freeing up spaces for 
> 240V doubles.
> 
> Your old place would not have been too much out of the way.  If I remember 
> right, you are close to Ponca City now.  SE of Ponca?  I'd have to figure out 
> the route to get there.
> 
> 
>> Get in the car and drive down, you can haul a load of parts back with you. 
>> My shop is kind of retarded. So the walk in door is at 1 end, the breaker 
>> box is at the other and this is where they also located the light switches, 
>> right next to the breaker box. The 220 or 240 outlet whatever you call, 
>> which is 50 amp btw is also right next to the breaker box. This is a good 
>> spot to say plug in a welder or something but the huge air compressor is 
>> right in the way there. I want to locate it in a corner on the other side of 
>> the shop but need an outlet there. The empty box with what appears to be 
>> about 10-12 gauge wires is close to the walk in door, but not really in the 
>> corner where I want to put the compressor. That other empty box with the 
>> lighter gauge wires is in the perfect spot but I think it's 110 type wires. 
>> I also really need to have a light switch put in by the door, I guess in 
>> addition to or relocate the ones by the breaker box. In the box there is at 
>> least 1 maybe 2 empty spots
  for breakers. Does each outlet have to have its own breaker or can 2 use the 
same breaker?
>> 
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>> 
>> On Nov 21, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes 
>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> I have 1 220 outlet in my shop but it's not really in a good location. I 
>>>> need a couple more installed for future lifts and air compressor. I have a 
>>>> couple of blank boxes in the shop with no outlets in them. One has heavy 
>>>> wires and is in a better location but still need one or 2 more. Does this 
>>>> appear to be wired for 220 and all I need to do is install the outlet? How 
>>>> do I wire in additional outlets? Maybe I would be better having an pro do 
>>>> it.
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > Pay my way there and I'll do it for ya.   Trade ya labor fer paatz
>> >
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