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Re: why common trip breakers for 120V circuits? Wayne Whitney 02-03-2008
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Posted by Wayne Whitney on February 3, 2008, 9:24 pm

> What is leading me to investigate these is I see that at some point
> previously the central A/C installers tied the a/c power onto these
> breakers by sticking their wires under the terminals with the
> existing ones (big no-no).

This is usually true, but some breakers are designed and listed for
two wires. For example, Square D QO breakers have a metal plate with
two channels, one on each side.

Wayne

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