Hello-
I'm new to this but I have been doing a little reading. Anyway, the new house I purchased has a 30A line going to our kitchen for a stove. We removed the electric stove to replace it with gas. I now want to use the existing line to provide power for outlets in my basement. I have some plans and questions and I was wondering if anyone can comment on them.
The circuit breaker in the box is a 30A 2-pole unit. I believe the stove ran on 120V. The wire that is connected to the 30A fuse is an
8-gage aluminum 3-wire configuration IIRC. Here are my plans?please let me know what you think:I plan on pulling the 30A 2-pole breaker and replacing it with a 20A
2-pole breaker. I chose the 20A because I thought 30A was too much for my expected usage and I could not find standard wall plugs at the hardware store that are rated for 30A. I think 20A should be plenty for the outlets in my basements (plus, lights are on different breakers). Do I need a 2-pole breaker? The only reason I selected a 2-pole is because it fits in the same physical space as the old 30A breaker. What would determine if I need 2-poles vs. 1-pole?Once the breaker is installed, I plan on using the existing 8-gage wire coming out of the fuse box and running it to a smaller box somewhere in my basement that I can create the ring circuit off of. When I'm creating the ring circuit, does the ?return' line of the ring come back to the fuse box or to the smaller box where the ?new' wiring starts?
If there are any big problems or things I should look out for in my plan, I will gladly accept any input?.
Thanks, C