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I've got an outlet (standard, 2 outlet thing, that is) behind my kitchen sink, and I want one of them (for garbage disposal) to be controlled by a switch and the other to be on all of the time. Can I use a single 12-3 romex instead of two 12-2 wires? That is, at the switch I will connect the red and black of the 12-3 to the incoming hot (black) wire. Then, say, the red wire will be used to connect the switch to one of the outlets, while the black will go to the "regular" (always-on) outlet. Then the white/neutral of the 12-3 will be connected to neutrals on both of the outlets. I hope this is reasonably clear...
Anyways, it seems to me that when the switch is "on", this setup would be the same as if I'd wired the outlets in the standard sort of way (i.e., no switch involved, and a single hot wire powering both outlets). Let me know if I've missed something here. Thanks.
Anyways, it seems to me that when the switch is "on", this setup would be the same as if I'd wired the outlets in the standard sort of way (i.e., no switch involved, and a single hot wire powering both outlets). Let me know if I've missed something here. Thanks.