[Boatanchors] Running European 230 VAC on our AC

[Francesco Ledda]

The neutral is at ground potential in Europe as well. The power is
distributed with four wires in a Y config. The neutral, local ground and one
phase go in each house. Years ago, many houses there did not have any local
ground. Furthermore, some countries that do not have polarized plugs like
the US.



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[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Glen Zook
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 10:59 AM
To: WA5CAB at cs.com; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Running European 230 VAC on our AC

I didn't interpret that way!  His statement "but in the US, the neutral leg
would be 120VAC above ground" is confusing because in the US the neutral leg
is basically at ground potential.
 
Glen, K9STH


Website:  http://k9sth.com


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 From: "WA5CAB at cs.com" <WA5CAB at cs.com>
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Running European 230 VAC on our AC
 
Glen,

What he said was that what should have been the neutral connection for the
autotransformer (the I/O common) was connected to Line, not Neutral.  Which
put what should have been the Neutral connection for the internals at Line
(120 RMS) instead of near ground.
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