Double Pole Breaker
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jwelectric
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Re: Double Pole Breaker
240.20 (B)
I tell you where to look, now you tell us if it will work.
240.20 (B)
I tell you where to look, now you tell us if it will work.
shockme77
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- Rahway, New Jersey
Re: Double Pole Breaker
Sure, nothing wrong with that, as long as the clothes hangar is UL listed.
D'oh!
Sure, nothing wrong with that, as long as the clothes hangar is UL listed.
D'oh!
sparky_magoo
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- Reno
Re: Double Pole Breaker
I don't think you can use a coat hanger. Around here, the AHJ likes to see bare #12 AWG solid copper.
I don't think you can use a coat hanger. Around here, the AHJ likes to see bare #12 AWG solid copper.
charlie
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- Indianapolis
Re: Double Pole Breaker
Sorry but 240.20(B) requires a circuit breaker to open all ungrounded conductors of the circuit both manually and automatically unless otherwise permitted in 240.20(B)(1), (B)(2), and (B)(3). This was changed by panel 10 in the 2005 cycle to require a common trip mechanism. If the 2005 Code has not been adopted in your area, you may still use single pole circuit breakers with approved handle ties.
Sorry but 240.20(B) requires a circuit breaker to open all ungrounded conductors of the circuit both manually and automatically unless otherwise permitted in 240.20(B)(1), (B)(2), and (B)(3). This was changed by panel 10 in the 2005 cycle to require a common trip mechanism. If the 2005 Code has not been adopted in your area, you may still use single pole circuit breakers with approved handle ties.
Re: Double Pole Breaker
Too bad my town(Weelersburg Ohio)I live doesn't even require inspections or permits and the city close to me that is approximately. 7 miles (Portsmouth Ohio) does require permits and inspections so I think that is dangerous and dumb so it seems like for some people in my town that they think the NEC rules do not apply.
Too bad my town(Weelersburg Ohio)I live doesn't even require inspections or permits and the city close to me that is approximately. 7 miles (Portsmouth Ohio) does require permits and inspections so I think that is dangerous and dumb so it seems like for some people in my town that they think the NEC rules do not apply.
jwelectric
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- North Carolina
Re: Double Pole Breaker
Originally posted by charlie:
Sorry but 240.20(B) requires a circuit breaker to open all ungrounded conductors of the circuit both manually and automatically unless otherwise permitted in 240.20(B)(1), (B)(2), and (B)(3). This was changed by panel 10 in the 2005 cycle to require a common trip mechanism. If the 2005 Code has not been adopted in your area, you may still use single pole circuit breakers with approved handle ties.
allenwayne
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Re: Double Pole Breaker
Should have been in there from jump street.This way both ungrounded conductor phases break togheter.Handle ties can come off and if there was a fault there still can be line voltage at the unit being supplied.
Should have been in there from jump street.This way both ungrounded conductor phases break togheter.Handle ties can come off and if there was a fault there still can be line voltage at the unit being supplied.
kturner
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Re: Double Pole Breaker
240.20(B)(2) and (B)(3) in the 2005 NEC still permits single pole breakers to supply line to line loads provided an identified handle tie is used. The only change to these sections is the word approved is changed to identified.
240.20(B)(2) and (B)(3) in the 2005 NEC still permits single pole breakers to supply line to line loads provided an identified handle tie is used. The only change to these sections is the word approved is changed to identified.
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