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Originally Posted by Lone Crapshooter
They are single phase connected line to line on a 3 phase 30 amp disconnect. The heaters are 4500 watt @ 480 volt = 9.5 amps each.
My question is if each heater pulls 9.5 amp how much current would be on the ORANGE or common wire.
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To make the example simpler lets pretend there are only 3 heaters... being fed evenly and equally: A&B to #1; B&C to #2; C&A to #3... OK?
Now what do you have?
And why is the orange common?
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