loose neutral
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- new orleans, la
can anyone explain this to me theoretically.
situation: 220 v electric furnace. two 120v legs off a double pole 60 amp breaker. leg A connects to a fuse and then to one end of metal heating coil. Leg B connects to a contactor(24v-220v). the other side of the contactor connects to the other end of the same heating coil (ime leaving 2nd coil out of equation for explanation purposes)
i understand how the contactor works and that when the coil is closed, the heating element heats up and everything works and there is no bucking of phases or anything.
My question: if leg A is connected to one side of coil and Leg B(when contactor is energized) connects to other end of same coil, wouldnt the two phases theoretically buck being that they are connected together through the heating element?
thanks in advance
situation: 220 v electric furnace. two 120v legs off a double pole 60 amp breaker. leg A connects to a fuse and then to one end of metal heating coil. Leg B connects to a contactor(24v-220v). the other side of the contactor connects to the other end of the same heating coil (ime leaving 2nd coil out of equation for explanation purposes)
i understand how the contactor works and that when the coil is closed, the heating element heats up and everything works and there is no bucking of phases or anything.
My question: if leg A is connected to one side of coil and Leg B(when contactor is energized) connects to other end of same coil, wouldnt the two phases theoretically buck being that they are connected together through the heating element?
thanks in advance