"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message
news:JwKFh.1183230$1T2.653428@pd7urf2no...

I'm long long retired, but I suspect that part of the confusion here might
be the use of separated kitchen outlets. I *think* (and stand
ready to be corrected) that they're now code in all or most parts of
Canada.

In case I haven't described clearly enough... a kitchen outlet (where one
might be tempted to plug in a toaster/microwave/kettle etc is run with
14/3 - the outlet strap is of course broken, and each "half" uses
a separate breaker (but on the same side of the line)

Not just a separate breaker but code requires a separate 'phase' in kitchens
so there is 208 or 240 hot to hot.