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Gunnar Alquist · #14 (**permalink**) 05-04-2008, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave Mortensen

Thanks Gunnar,
I know that a duplex outlet for the garbage disposal and the dishwasher share the neutral...is there any other outlet situation where this may occur? Maybe a switched living room outlet? Is it even worth mentioning that there COULD be a problem?
You'd be surprised how many electricians bundled the grounds up here (or maybe you wouldn't!). I call it, but it's rarely separated. Thanks again, David

David,

Without doing a complete evaluation on all of the circuits, there is no way to determine if anything other than the dishwasher/disposal shares a receptacle outlet. So, either you have to disclaim multi-wire circuits in your report every time you run into them, or you just have to accept that tracing individual circuits goes beyond SOP of a standard home inspection. Tracing the multi-wire circuits would be for someone doing an "in-depth" inspection and that would necessarily cost more.