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Is it safe to use the ground wire in /2 as neutral (with no ground)?
Absolutely not. Completely illegal.
You need a ground WIRE even if your buddy doesn't know that. A lot of people are stuck in 1966 (1996 for dryers; 2008 for outbuilding feeders) and think neutral ...
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Is it safe to use the ground wire in /2 as neutral (with no ground)?
UNSAFE!!!
There are three problems:
Bare Neutral
There are certain situations, including feeder to the meter and from the meter to the main panel, and some grandfathered-without-ground branch ...
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Dishwasher and disposal wiring on seperate circuits to one yoke and common neutral
This is a mess
What you have here is the result of someone who doesn't care about the "no loops" rules in NEC 300.3(B) and 310.10(H). If you feel comfortable replacing both runs of 12/3 and ...
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Dishwasher and disposal wiring on seperate circuits to one yoke and common neutral
Yeah, pull one of the two circuits off that to a new separate box (because it simplifies or enhances the safety of maintenance, even if it's not STRICTLY required to handle-tie two circuits in one box ...
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Is it safe to use the ground wire in /2 as neutral (with no ground)?
simple answer: UNSAFE AND ILLEGAL
Your neighbor is wrong when he says that it is unsafe to use just one half of a two pole breaker. If either side of the breaker detects an over-current situation, ...
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Is it safe to use the ground wire in /2 as neutral (with no ground)?
My neighbor said that only using one pole of a double pole is dangerous.
No
There should be a metal tie between the breaker handles. If one side trips, both flip. That's by design. The downsides of ...
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