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.

jumia

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Jea48

This is a really awesome explanation thank you very much.

I guess a Cable connected between two components that happen to be plugged into different circuits effectively creates a bridge of power between the two phases, although add to a very low Energy level.  The components are likely designed in such a way to avoid impact due to this bridge.  
 

Existence of the bridge nevertheless is a source of interference because there is some communication between the two components of electricity flow which causes noise?  
 

Even if you use the same Circuit for connecting components and mixing outlets you still run the risk of creating hUms because use of different outlets causes ground loop issues because grounding is now shared between two outlets which is not healthy and creates an antenna along the grounding path. Does all this make sense?