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Old 04-16-2006, 06:26 AM
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DO NOT use two single pole breakers off of the same buss.
Use a DP breaker and at the recepticles, pig tail the neutrals.
The current realized at the neutral is the difference in the loads on each of the hots,IE. if the black has a load of 15A and the red has a load of 5A, then the current realized by the neutral would be 10A.

Using a DP breaker insures that ALL voltage will be disconnected when/if service is necessary.
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