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Re: Electrical ducting

To: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
Subject: Re: Electrical ducting
From: Andy Banta <Andy.Banta@Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 10:37:41 -0800
>The  annoying thing that I learned last night is that since my workshop is
>in a garage, all circuits with outlets should be (according to code) be
>protected by GFCI. This means no neutral sharing (I believe), no half-size
>"tandem" breakers, and the cost of the breakers jumps from $6.95 to $35. I
>still haven't found a two-pole GFCI-equipped breaker for a 220V outlet,
>though I haven't looked too hard - I imagine it will cost more than $100.

You can get some GFCI *outlets* that allow some daisy chaining.  This
may solve your shared neutral problem and the half-size breakers.

andy

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