> >My parents have 3-phase electricity at home, but I don't (yet). But I
> >think it's more common in the UK than in the US. (BTW my parents have a
> >16th century farmhouse which they heat electrically during the winter.
> >Maximum load we've measured, 36kW.)
> 36kW!! Ouch! And cost of electricity is, I understand, higher than in the
> US, true? Except Jamestown, we pay only $0.03565 per KWH :-) so electric
> heat is not such a financial killer for homeowners (or for nuts like me
> with working big iron computers in the basement).
My line is prepared for 40 kW 3 phases, since the former owner also
used electric heating (this kind of night loading heating), but since
I switched for gas, I can use anything for my computers :)))
> Anyway, figure that we're stuck with 230 volt single phase (115 volts from
> either leg to earth) at our NA homes, while as I've seen for example
> normally in Southern Germany at least, 380 volt 3 ph (220 volts from either
> leg to earth) is the norm in most other modernized parts of the world.
In facht it is 400V/230V since more than 10 to 15 years, but everybody
is still talking about 380V/220V ... And yes, 3 phases are the only kind
of connections the power companies offer - so the outlets will be split
up among the phases to get an even load (3 phases outlets are not very
common :).
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Wed Feb 03 1999 - 11:52:09 GMT