I had a proposal on the issue of common neutrals that was rejected. My proposal was to delete the wording shown below in bold.
215.4 Feeders with Common Neutral
(A) Feeders with Common Neutral Two or three sets of 3-wire feeders or two sets of 4-wire or 5-wire feeders shall be permitted to utilize a common neutral.
(B) In Metal Raceway or Enclosure Where installed in a metal raceway or other metal enclosure, all conductors of all feeders using a common neutral shall be enclosed within the same raceway or other enclosure as required in 300.20.
4. Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Proposal:
There is no code violation in using a common neutral so the specific provision to use one is not required
2-280 Log #2224 NEC-P02 Action: Reject
(215.4)
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Submitter: Donald A. Ganiere Ottawa, IL
Panel Meeting Action: Reject
Panel Statement: The panel disagrees with the submitter's substantiation. Section 215.4 (A) is the requirement which limits the number of feeders that may share a common neutral.
I had a number of proposals rejected that tend to overturn the idea that if the code doesn't say you can't, then you can.
Don
[This message has been edited by resqcapt19 (edited 05-03-2006).]
