ejager Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Good evening brain trust! Been a while since I posted a question here. In the aux electrical panel I observed a 14/3 wire where the black and red wires were connected to adjacent 15 amp breakers and the white wire was wrapped in black tape and connected to the adjacent 20 amp breaker. The house is about one year occupied and somewhere between three and four years old (from date of initial construction). Unfortunately, there was no labeling for this panel, beyond the one piece of cardboard for the elec floor heating wires (that go) to the two lower breakers. Thoughts? Click to Enlarge 67.51 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 10, 2016 Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 My guess is that the (2) black & red pairs in the photo are multi-wires. The black & white pair (with the white wire taped black) is a 240 volt circuit. All three pairs are wrong because the handles on the breaker pairs are supposed to be tied together. Could be plenty more wrong with it but the photo is all I have. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejager Posted June 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 Thanks Marc, There's no doubt that there is other stuff going on. The first electrician ran a 14/3 to the garbage disposal - the second electrician secured both the red and black conductors to a single breaker. I have to go back and double check. I suspect that you are right about the black and white (taped) being one circuit. There was no room to stand directly in front of the panel so I tried to do indirect observation via camera as well. I took a few shots but can't trace the wires though I was pretty sure about the 14/3 arrangement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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