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Safet S
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Background: I have a 12/3 wire coming up from the circuit panel in the basement to the attic that was wired when the house was built (~1971). The two live wires are connected to separate 20 amp circuit breakers in the panel box.
Each of the live wires are connected to separate load (1 is connected to an attic fan and 1 is connected to an AC air handler) - I think the attic fan draws about 6-7 amps and the air handler draws about 14 amps, and both are connected to the white wire in the 12/3 BX.
Q: Is this ok? Specifically, if the sum of electricity from the 2 load wires is greater than 20 amps, is it ok for the white wire going back to the circuit panel, e.g. will that get dangerously hot/is it against code? (This is in NY State)
Each of the live wires are connected to separate load (1 is connected to an attic fan and 1 is connected to an AC air handler) - I think the attic fan draws about 6-7 amps and the air handler draws about 14 amps, and both are connected to the white wire in the 12/3 BX.
Q: Is this ok? Specifically, if the sum of electricity from the 2 load wires is greater than 20 amps, is it ok for the white wire going back to the circuit panel, e.g. will that get dangerously hot/is it against code? (This is in NY State)