On Nov 15, 2005, at 8:26 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 07:51:49 -0800, Bill Turner wrote:
>
>> I believe the safest
>> and best way to wire a 240 volt circuit is to have the two hot wires
>> and a ground wire and not to use a neutral at all. In other words,
>> everything on the 240 volt circuit should be made to run from 240
>> volts, not 120 volts connected between a hot wire and neutral. If I
>> am mistaken on this, please comment.
>
> There is nothing wrong with connecting a 120 volt load (for example, a
> 120v fan) between one of the 240 volt legs and neutral. What you must
> NOT do is connect the neutral to ground.
Amen, Jim. At last a voice of reason. I have been running the 120v
outlets in my radio room off of half of a 240v circuit for the past
30-yrs.
>
> Jim
>
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