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Default Rewiring a Vent/Heat/Light unit in bathroom

On Apr 23, 9:07*am, N8N wrote:

What *isn't* fine is the multiple cables. *think about it like this,
you'll have a single neutral going to the ceiling unit, but multiple
"hot" wires for different functions. *The current in the neutral wire
will be the sum of all the currents in the "hot" wires, but in the
opposite direction. *Code requires that the currents sum to zero in
every single cable assembly. *otherwise you can get induced currents
and resultant heating, which isn't good. *In practice this is probably
insignificant, but "probably" is not a good thing to rely on, and it's
against code.


But Nate, there's only one source feed to the unit anyway... so
wouldn't it still sum to zero?

Currently, the switch box is geting power from one junction box, and I
need to split that line (in the switch box) into the four feeds of the
four switches.

Thanks again for all you help,
Raj