At 03:34 PM 7/17/01 -0400, Paul Hutchinson wrote: >Obviously I did _not_ RC about the NEC. > > From what I'm reading on the list it sounds like the NEC definitely allows >sharing a neutral between two 120V branches with opposite phasing. Absolutely! >I'm also seeing that the code may or may not allow two branches with the >same phasing to share a neutral. It it definitely NOT allowed. I just don't have the time to look up the specific numbers in the book. >Personally I think it's a bad idea but I have seen it approved by the local >electrical inspector in a friends house. In his basement was a single duplex >outlet with the hot side tab removed to make them independent circuits. The >outlets were fed from a 12/3 cable and in the breaker box the hots were both >connected to the same phase. Everything sounded just fine until you mentioned that both breakers were on the same phase - that is a definite no-no and you were smart to catch it and fix it. dwayne Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 17 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2001) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics