"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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Well, supposing I'm running a space heater (15 amps) on the black wire and
the bare wire. And running a hair dryer (14 amps) on the white wire and
the
bare wire. That's 29amps in a bare piece of 12 ga.

How would you wire it differently?

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Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
m...
In article , "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
With two hots and one neutral, you'd be possible to overheat the neutral
in
a big way.

Not if they're connected properly.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)



Sounds like Stormy fell asleep in Basic Electricity 101 or even junior high
Science class...