Should I Install a New Style Idler Or My Old One?

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Re: Should I Install a New Style Idler Or My Old One?

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JPG wrote: Sat May 14, 2022 6:48 pm A mind that has not considered the ramifications of including 115v loads to a 230v branch circuit. Wayback in time, electric stoves commonly had 115v receptacles and the supply conductors also had no ground other than the neutral - 3 wire 230v 50Areceptacle.

As for overload considerations, a 115v excessive current WILL trip the two pole breaker.
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