[AMRadio] 220 vac line

rbethman rbethman at comcast.net
Mon Jul 25 15:34:06 EDT 2011


We are having a *little* Brown out up here.

Normally my 120VAC receptacles show 127VAC.  Right now they are showing 
123.6VAC.

Yep, the 240VAC reads at 247.3VAC.

Bob - N0DGN

On 7/25/2011 3:16 PM, Rick wrote:
> Thanks Bill and all others. What threw me off or at least made me 
> wonder was the sub panel addition. In the main panel the white 
> (neutral) and ground (bare) are tied to the same grounding buss, but 
> in the sub panel the white goes to an isolated buss and the bare goes 
> to the grounded buss. I understand why, but was a little leery about 
> which I should use as a ground return since the 220 (actually, mine is 
> 237 - but old habits die hard) is coming from the sub panel. Grid leak 
> bias was easier for me to get through my thick head. HI HI Thanks 
> again to everyone! Rick / K5IAR 


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