12/3 ckt bath heater
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01-23-05, 03:22 PM
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12/3 ckt bath heater
Again older home. Have a 12-3 ckt to frt bathroom. One leg goes to bath heater 750W other leg went to Evap Cooler. Cooler was removed. Can cooler leg be used to run a washing machine in next room. This had a 30amp breaker in it changed it to 20amp. Breaker is a double pole. Think I said that right . Thanks Again WP
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01-23-05, 03:52 PM
I'm not quite sure how to address this one, so I will let someone else take a stab at it.
My gut answer is that this would not be allowed. Even if allowed, I'm not sure that I would do this.
My gut answer is that this would not be allowed. Even if allowed, I'm not sure that I would do this.
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01-24-05, 06:12 PM
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thanks
This didn`t seem right to me to begin with double ck`d. that`s the way it was setup. Think I can run 2 ckt`s One to bath heater and 0ne to cfci for bath. do thiese need to be only things on these ckt`s thanks for ya`lls time WP
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01-24-05, 06:16 PM
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I see no codes which would prohibit it. And I can think of no reason why it would not be a good idea. Code allows a multiwire circuit to be considered as multiple circuits.
#7
01-26-05, 06:15 AM
Originally Posted by Jedi9
get 2 single pole breakers
I'd rather keep it on a double pole breaker. Yes, that means that if one trips, the other does too, but it prevents accidentally putting both hots on the same phase and frying the neutral wire.
Even if the two single pole breakers are installed correctly now, who's to say someone later won't move one of them to make room for a double pole breaker and then they both wind up on the same phase.
#8
01-26-05, 06:25 AM
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I agree. Keep the double-pole breaker. It is better than two single-pole breakers in this application for several reasons.
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01-27-05, 11:03 AM
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Thanks ya`ll This is my wknd project. By the way ened up replacing an older federal subbox feeding this. Will let you know. WP
