Originally posted by Burrington
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If you find this pattern as bewildering as I do, there is a very easy way to simplify the identification of which breaker is on which leg:
Start at the upper left with the first load breaker (skip the main). Number the breaker positions in sequence down the left side. After reaching the last breaker position on the left continue from the top right position. (Tandem breakers are given a/b designations because they occupy one breaker position.)
If you number that way, the odd numbered positions are on one leg and the even numbers are on the other. I can think of no disadvantage to using that numbering scheme and have been doing it that way on my panels for over 30 years.
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