On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 15:46:40 GMT, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

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.


That's 1A in the neutral if they're on opposite phases. However, how
are you going to make sure noone ever moves a breaker wrong, butting
them on the same phase and making it 29A?

How would you wire it differently?

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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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