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Originally posted by rick-l
This reminds me of something I had to deal with in a house I used to own. They ran two 12 ga black wires off two breakers, one from each phase, and one 12 ga neutral. It ran for a relatively long distance and then split into two 115 volt circuits. When the white wire corroded I had no idea of what was going on.

I realize that theoretically this will work just fine but is it safe and has anyone ever seen this?
What if you ran the two circuits at max amperage? Wouldn't this put a lot of load on the lone neutral?

masraum, Isounds like you're on the right track. Put the aluminum conductors under the screws. If I am not mistaken, there are recepticles designed for use with Al wiring. I suppose they're designed to deal with the expansion/contraction of aluminum.
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