I'm not a big fan of it myself. It makes the wiring harder to figure
out. You can't use a standard GFI type breaker. Independent
control of the circuits would be nicer than the single 220
breaker. But I have never heard of anything that would make it any
more prone to failure.
At 11:50 PM 3/12/2010, Peter J. Thomas wrote:
>I had a conversion on 220 and phase difference with a licensed
>electrician some while ago and the topic of shared neutral came
>up. He denounced the practice sharing a neutral. I understand the
>phase difference cancelling and even asked him about it. He
>insisted it was a bad practice, and IIRC said he had seen
>failures. Just thought I would share the warning he gave me.
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