CrackerJax
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Yes, total is the same. I meant that the load per line would be reduced. The wires themselves are rated for a certain max load. Splitting things up just makes everything a little safer. That's all I meant.
Ok, I gotcha...... but still if you use an appropriate gauge wire, it's still cheaper. Less wiring, less connections.
When I was College I summered as an electrician for 4 years. One summer we were building a Georgia Pacific warehouse for lumber. This thing was so big it had an opening for the train to roll in under cover and be loaded.... okay? BIG, very. We used scaffolds 45 feet high to run the ceiling 12 foot flour. lighting fixtures.......over 1200 light fixtures were hung with each room independent of each other and yet after we had tied in all of these LARGE (20 or so) industrial disconnect switches on a wall, we rigged it so the entire place could be turned on from one SINGLE ordinary looking switch. The sound that place made when you flipped that one switch, as all the HUGE disconnects all slammed in place via relays, and then a BLINDING LIGHT!!! It was an awesome job.
When the inspector finally showed up we were all ready to show him all of our artistic pipework and straight lines. he walks into this cavernous dark warehouse and says, "how do you turn the lights on? My boss says, "just hit that switch right there". The guy of course does it and BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM etc... lights!!! He just signs the sheet and gives it to us, "you passed". Nothing else was inspected Confidence....
Anyways......
out.