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Re: 208v Air Compressors

To: Donald H Locker <dhl@chelseamsl.com>
Subject: Re: 208v Air Compressors
From: "Timothy R. Hoerning" <hoerni@cooper.edu>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:54:32 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Donald H Locker wrote:

> neutral.  A normal house has just one leg of the 220 (230/240) brought
> in with a center-tap.  Adding the third phase is a simple matter of
> adding another connection to the transformer and bringing it into the
> house.  (And then adding a third phase to the power panel, the
> metering system, and the branch subsystem.)  Everything else can stay
> the same.  Really!  

        How can this be?  The two phases coming into the normal house should be
180 degrees out of phase.  But in a three phase system the phases need to
be 120 degree out of phase (relative to the adjascent phase).   I don't
understand how what your saying could work.



                Tim

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