Probably what I need to do is understand the reasoning WHY there is no current on the neutral and that's what I can't see. Formulas work and I accept it but don't get it...
The way I get it for single phase circuits is as follows:
A-leg and B-leg share a neutral.
Current flows from - to +. If we were to look at the current flow in the conductors at a point in time when we had a peak sine wave then one of the legs would be - in relation to neutral and the other would be + in relation to neutral. Current would flow from the - leg through the load towards neutral. At the same time, current would be flowing from the neutral to the + leg. Since the load neutrals are connected together to form the MWBC, the current from the - leg that's flowing towards the neutral would be used by the leg that is positive (flowing from the neutral to the + leg.
If the loads are equal, then all of the current flowing from the - leg will be used by the + leg and no current needs to flow back through the MWBC neutral. If the currents are 10 and 8, then the neutral will have to carry the unbalanced load of 2-amps.
When people mistakenly put both hots on the same phase, then both hots are + to neutral at the same time causing the neutral to carry the current from both legs.
I hope this makes as much sense to y'all as it does to me, lol. :smile: