Re: Getting more input power

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Ed,

3 Phase:  each phase 120 degrees apart from each other.

2 Phase:  each phase 180 degrees apart from each other.

240 Vac into house is two 120 Vac lines, 180 degrees apart from each other,
and each relative to a common neutral.  Earth ground is a separate fourth
wire.  Now, do you call this two single phase lines or a two phase system?
I know what I call it.

Anyway, this is what I'm meaning,

Gerry R

 > Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
 >
 > "Hi Ian,
 >
 > I don't know about Australia, but in the US, residential power is
 > ususally 2
 > phase (120 Vac per phase) 240 Vac.  My main breaker is 100A so I don't
 > think
 > a 50A line would be a problem if I made sure all other high power stuff
 > (oven, dryer) were OFF.
 >
 > Gerry R."
 >
 > Correction.  It is SINGLE phase, 3 wires.  Two phase implies that there
 > are two different voltages present which are 90° out of phase.
 >
 > Ed
 >
 >