- Chris Lewis -
Actually, there is a decent chance that running the washer and dryer
on the same circuit _will_ blow the breaker. Depends on how close the
breaker limit the heating coil is.

- Nehmo -
OP is going to let his electrician handle it, so the question is now
acdemic. But a combo unit was already on that circuit, and it didn't
cause a problem.

- Chris Lewis -
Secondly, there's a good chance that the circuit doesn't have a proper
split ground/neutral, which in some cases can lead to serious hazard.

- Nehmo -
If you use "good chance" to substitute for suplied info, you can get any
conclusion you want. If you're curious if there's a ground, you have to
ask. Otherwise you need to condition your response. Normally a
NEMA#14-30R outlet
http://www.generatorjoe.net/html/web...quailplug.html has both a
ground and a neutral.

- Chris Lewis -
Code-wise sharing the circuit like this is just plain wrong.

- Nehmo -
Assuming your talking about NEC 2002, where in it does _it_ say a washer
or dryer requires an individual branch circuit?

Anyway, sure, it is ideally preferable to have an individual branch
circuit for every major appliance. But OP cited "$$$", so economy takes
priority. There's a big difference in cost here.

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