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Default three breakers share one neutral and one grouding wires

On 11/19/2014 05:20 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 3:06:09 AM UTC-5, philo wrote:
On 11/19/2014 12:30 AM, yyy378 wrote:
I ask an electrician to install several outlets on three breakers. I
found that the electrician uses only five wires in the trunking.
Apparently, there is one grounding, one neutral and three hot wires. The
grounding and neutral wires are shared by three breakers.

How safe is it to do it this way? (Please forget about NEC as this is
not in the US.)




It's not right


It's not right that he asks a question and only says that the location
is not in the USA. Some kind of secret or a troll?





Who knows, but no matter what country he's in that method would be
incorrect.

With three circuits, at least two of them would share the same "hot"
wire with the neutral having to bear (up to) twice the load that it's
rated for. This assumes all wires are of the same gauge and rated for
the same current as the breaker.