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your house has 220 you must use a 2 pole breaker. your wiring will change ,not a do it your selfer call someone
can a 20 amp double pole circuit breaker be used for 2 different 120 v circuits using 14 - 2 wire
AWG 12/2 requires the use of a 20 amp single pole breaker.
Sounds like it is a 220-240 Volt hot water heater. The black and red are connected to the 220 volts supply and the white is connected to Neutral. At the breaker panel red and black connect to the 2-pole 220 volt breaker and white goes to the neutral bus bar.
Typically the black wire is "hot", and the white wire is neutral. A 2 pole breaker is most commonly used for 240 V, and as such, you would typically use a 3 conductor wire, with black, red and white (+ ground). In a typical application, the black and red are used in the 2 pole breaker, and neutral is connected to the neutral bar in the breaker panel.