Interestingly, I believe this is illegal in NZ where only the phase (live) may be switched (but I may be wrong). -----Original Message----- From: Nigel Goodwin To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [ot] International Power >In message <19980820.151419.2791.0.HaroldHallikainen@juno.com>, Harold >Hallikainen writes >> I've got a customer asking us to use a two pole circuit breaker >>to handle single phase loads on a 230VAC three phase Y (or star) system. >>I would expect them to put the load between a line and neutral, with a >>breaker only in the line side of the circuit (at least that's what we do >>here in the US, but this is for Jordan). >> It APPEARS they want to use a two pole breaker with one pole >>breaking the hot, the other the neutral. Is this done? Anyone in >>Jordan? > >I don't know about Jordon, but it's fairly common in the UK. Generally >light switches only switch the live conductor, and switched mains socket >only switch the live. But most seperate switches, for such things as >emmersion heaters, electric showers, storage heaters switch both live >and neutral. >-- > >Nigel. > > /--------------------------------------------------------------\ > | Nigel Goodwin | Internet : nigelg@lpilsley.demon.co.uk | > | Lower Pilsley | Web Page : http://www.lpilsley.demon.co.uk | > | Chesterfield | | > | England | | > \--------------------------------------------------------------/ >