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  • Jul 22, 2009, 07:50 AM
    JFM3JFIII
    Changing 30 amp circuit breaker to 20 amp
    What do I do with the white wire from the 30 amp breaker ? The 20 amp breaker only has one receptacle.
  • Jul 22, 2009, 07:55 AM
    Stratmando

    #10 wire needs a 30 amp breaker, #12 wire needs a 20 amp breaker.
    Is the white on the breaker, the it may be 240 volts, or a GFI breaker.
    More info will help.
  • Jul 22, 2009, 07:56 AM
    Stratmando

    #10 wire needs a 30 amp breaker, #12 wire needs a 20 amp breaker.
    Is the white on the breaker, the it may be 240 volts, or a GFI breaker.
    More info will help.
  • Jul 22, 2009, 07:57 AM
    Stratmando

    What are you hooking up? GFI, or 240 volts?
  • Jul 22, 2009, 10:56 AM
    KISS

    <moved from Home Electronics and merged>
  • Jul 22, 2009, 11:08 AM
    ballengerb1

    Multiple posts have made this a bit confusing. Short or swapping out some wiring why would you want to switch a 30 amp for a 20 amp breaker?
  • Jul 22, 2009, 11:20 AM
    Stratmando

    Hard to tell if it is a black and a white on a 2 pole breaker, of a GFI with the attached neutral?
  • Jul 22, 2009, 01:46 PM
    tkrussell

    What a messy post.

    Never heard back form the OP, now that got to make you wonder what was done...
  • Jul 22, 2009, 03:21 PM
    ballengerb1

    Stick a fork in us, I'm done.

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