Doug Miller wrote:
In article , Bob Engelhardt wrote:

Doug Miller wrote:

Assuming you're talking about North American standard wiring, that is NOT
correct. The two 120V legs that comprise a 240V circuit are not in parallel;
they are in *series*, and the current is the same at all points in the
circuit.


What I mean is paralleling the 2 "poles", i.e., sets of contacts, in the
same switch, so there are 2 sets of contacts carrying & dividing the load:

/
_________/ ___________
| / |
|__/ __|
240 LOAD

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At that power level, a dual circuit breaker might be more appropriate, hmmm?

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Richard

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