[Boatanchors] Storm Damage to Electronics

rbethman rbethman at comcast.net
Sat Nov 5 14:23:49 EDT 2011


Amen to that!

It is misleading terminology to say the least.

It is as you say, simply a 240VAC single phase that is center tapped.

Bob - N0DGN

On 11/5/2011 2:15 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> It is one of those semantics type disputes that has to do with
> commonly accepted but slightly misleading terminology, even though it
> is true.
>
> It would be much better if the U.S. household service were called "240
> v. divided single phase center tap" but that's a mouthful.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>


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