Thread: 30 amp from two 15 amp breakers
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TURTLE
 
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Default 30 amp from two 15 amp breakers

wrote:
Hey All - got a question about something thats been bugging me tonight
(dont worry im *not* going to do this, im just interested to know if
its possible).

Is there any difference between a 30 amp breaker (2 hots, one out of
each pole of the breaker), and two 15 amp breakers, one hot coming out
of each?

ie, if you wired a 30 amp plug, would both of the above equate to the
same thing?
What problems would arise, etc?

sorry if its a dumb question

This is Turtle.

Your Question is just cloudy to understand.

A 30 double Breaker hooked up and you can pull 2 -- 30 amp circuits off
of it for 220 service or 2 - 30 amp single circuits or 2 single
circuits to the house.

A 15 double Breaker hooked up and you can pull 2 - 15 amp circuits off
of it for 220 service or 2 - 15 anp single circuits or 2 single
circuits to the house.

No a 30 amp Double circuit and a 15 amp double circuit would not be the
same as to what it would do or let mess up using one or the other. If
you hooked up a 15 amp appliance to a 30 amp circuit. it could burn the
appliance up and the house too but still not trip the circuit breaker.

So a 30 double breaker circuit and a 15 amp double breaker circuit is
not the same.

TURTLE

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