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Default More than one wire to a hole/set-screw on neutral bus bar?



Somewhat repeating gfretwell - ground wires can be doubled up but only
if the label indicates that is permitted.

Neutrals may NOT be doubled up - NEC 408.41

In a service panel you can add a ground bar which the label indicates is
acceptable and move ground wires to it. In a subpanel that doesn't help.

ONLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING - you could take a neutral from an
A-leg circuit and a neutral from a B-leg circuit, wirenut them together
with a single wire to the neutral bar. It is easy to do this wrong.

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yes, its permissible, and done everywhere .

"Robert Green" wrote:
I'm adding two new outlets to my circuit breaker panel. I've got the
roomIfor the additional breakers in the box but the neutral bus bar has no
moreroom for the neutral and ground wires required. Is it permissible to put
more than one wire per set-screw hole on the neutral bus bar? Some sitesdI've
researched say yes, others say no. If no, what are the options
besidestreplacing the whole circuit breaker panel?gnTIA,"g--tBobby G.