Need Help: Electrical?

Posted on 2016-12-06 18:44:00 in Engineering by KEV

I have a double pole 15 amp breaker in the service panel, of which two circuits are running from. Two hots come out and enter the same box where they then are attached to each of there own one- way switch. One switch turns on and off one light in one box, and the other switch turns on and off the other light in another box. Both of the lights neutrals are spliced together and return back to the service box and is attached to the neutral bar. Both lights are 100 watts meaning they are using 0.8 amps each. I read the current on both hots and each one is carrying about 0.8 amps. I then read the neutral wire current and the meter is reading 0 amps. How is this possible when I have 0.8 amps coming from each light? The neutral should carry the current back to source but it is not. So my question is, how is it that I have 0.8 amps coming out of each light on the neutral of which they share, but the neutral reads 0 amps. How is this possible? I know the neutral carries the difference of the two hot currents but I'm still confused as to how it is possible with this specific circuit. The picture Shows the circuit.

 

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