here is the situation; have an older 240 volt sub panel in an outbuilding that uses circuit breakers. i have all of the single pole circuit breakers filled but want to add a few more circuits for outlets. what i do have are some two pole breakers. wondering if it would be ok to use them but only use one pole? thinking if its a 15 a breaker it should trip at 15 amps regarless right? i would leave the other pole empty so if it did mtrip there wouldn't be nay guessing about which circuit it is. space in the panel isn't an issue. and i do know i want to keep the loading balanced between the 120 volt legs.
just trying to save some $$$ but not at the expense of safety.
just trying to save some $$$ but not at the expense of safety.