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🎙️ “Are AC and Lights on the Same Circuit? Here’s Why That’s a Problem!” · Lipps Electric Podcast

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So if you're lighting an AC, they could be on the same circuit and cause an issue.
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They're not supposed to be, by the way. They're not supposed to be.
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The other thing that's less common that you got to really think through is if
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you look inside of a panel and the way that the breakers work,
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they go 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and down the other side,
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is all the odds are on one leg within the panel.
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And all the evens are on, oh my gosh, they're on separate legs.
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So you get your first, you know, it's a 240 amp or a bolt system,
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get your first 120 on the first set, and then you get your second on the second set.
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So sometimes if that light happens to be on the same handle leg,
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you can flip the breakers around and you can get clever with solutions in that installation.