"notX" wrote in message ...

On 06/25/2016 06:01 PM, wrote:

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Sigh. Do we have to go through this all over again? A service
rated at 240V, 200A will support a load of 240V, 200A or a balanced
load of 120V, 400A. Yes the current in the service conductors
never exceeds 200A, but if you have 200A flowing through one leg
through 200A of 120V loads, through another 200A of 120V loads,
and then back out the other leg, it's handling 400A of 120V loads.

Dear Sir you look at it your way and I will look at it my way. have nice
day

The point is the neutral only handles the unbalanced load between the
2 ungrounded conductors and is they were both pulling equal amounts,
the current in the neutral is zero.


In other words there is 200A here (one ungrounded conductor) and 200A
there (the other ungrounded conductor) and 0A (the difference between
the two, never more than 200A) in the grounded conductor. NEVER 400A
anywhere.

That would be correct!!!!!!!