Why is it necessary to have gear on the same phase from electrical panel?
The source of power from any circuit is 120 V - therefore having some circuits on a different phase Side from the panel would seem OK.
It sounds nice to have everything on the same phase but does it really matter?
The only thing I can think of that would improve things is to keep all the noisy stuff on one side of the panel, like refrigerator, and the cleaner stuff on the other side.
Ok. I actually understand electricity. And I can't think of a reason. Ground IS important. You can have a ground loop so how you ground can be important. but which hot leg you use isn't important. I ran two circuits to my system, one on each leg. I do keep my system all on the same leg and plug other things into the other leg but that is really just a local thing. Once it goes back to the panel, all bets are off. Jerry |
@jea48 are you suggesting that the common neutral allows noise from one leg to affect the other leg? I considered that and rejected it thinking the large and lightly loaded neutral would kill the noice. Now I'm questioning that conclusion. Jerry |
