Goodsounds;322177 Wrote: > > "having outlets on different phases in the same room is risky" > > This is standard practice in the US for residential wiring, for places > like kitchens with higher demands. Typically each "box" is on one lead, > so that the different phases would be completely separate (different > wiring to different boxes). Among other reasons, this is done for load > balancing - you want the fridge on a different line than the electric > range, for example. >
It also saves wire. A single 12/3 cable (2 hots, 1 neutral, and ground) can carry twice as much power as a 12/2 (1 hot, 1 neutral, and ground). The netural only needs to carry the difference between the current on the two hots. In effect, you transmit 100% more power for only 33% more copper. Sharing a neutral has a significant safety risk which is that a break in the neutral wire can cause one leg or the other to get pulled up towards 240V. -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50082 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
