Wiring 2 outlets to 2 dedicated 20 amp circuits with a single 10/3 electrical wire.


Here's an idea (and it is code compliant), using one 10/3 romex electrical wire (three insulated conductors, and a bare ground wire - 10 gauge), you can wire two outlets to a double pole breaker (and yes the legs would not be the same, which on a quiet electrical system is not a big deal).
 

In this situation, 2 hot wires from the outlets would be wired directly to each of the circuit breakers, the neutral would be bridged between the two outlets and then connected to the appropriate spot on the panel, and the grounds for each outlet would be attached to the single ground wire that goes back to the panel.  This would all appear within a quad outlet wall panel (ie. Two 20 amp outlets side-by-side)

For a long 70 foot run this seems prudent thing to do, less costly and kosher.

emergingsoul

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What I did.   One leg has 3 duplex outlets, one has 2 duplex outlets and a 240V outlet.

Jerry

I have both a AV system and a 2 channel system.  I have lots of external linear power supplies.  The stack of three on the left is now 4.  Plus one red one under the right side.  I have every port in my PP connected to a 2 channel sound component.  I have the AV system plugged into the wall.  It is always nice to have the wall outlets handy to plug in temporary things.  It just made sense to me to put in the large number of outlets.  I would feel silly putting in a dedicated outlet and then plugging a best buy power strip into it to power wall warts.