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From: "bud--"
Somewhat repeating gfretwell - ground wires can be doubled up but only if the label indicates that is permitted. I will check the label shortly and report back. I think it's a Square-D circa 1981. Neutrals may NOT be doubled up - NEC 408.41 Well, at least I can be thankful I'm not completely senile. I do recall reading one to a hole *somewhere* during my life. IIRC, it was because the setscrew wouldn't hold two wires as securely as one, but it seems there are other considerations as well. In a service panel you can add a ground bar which the label indicates is acceptable and move ground wires to it. In a subpanel that doesn't help. It's a main panel in a very small house. More details to follow for the experts. ONLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING - you could take a neutral from an A-leg circuit and a neutral from a B-leg circuit, wirenut them together with a single wire to the neutral bar. It is easy to do this wrong. I don't think I want to fill the panel with wire nuts and pigtails. And if it's easy to do wrong, I doubly want to stay away from that procedure! Thanks for your input, bud. -- Bobby G. |
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