Ken,

in the three phase house I last lived in, outside the United States, is was 240VAC phase to
neutral and 415VAC phase to phase.

We had to use transformers for any 120VAC loads in the house.


Sheldon

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 08:50:59 PM EDT, ken Schwieker <[email protected]> wrote:


Been wondering something about your power. If you
measured from each pin to ground what would the
reading be?  If at the mid point can you pull any
current from one pin to ground?

Ken S

>Yep,

>We have been 240v since the dawn of time, then
the Europeans mucked around with a standard and now we are 230v.

>In typical Oz humor, we defined the voltage
standard as being 230 V as the nominal voltage
with a +10% to –6% variation at the point of supply, i.e., 253 V >to 216.2 V.


>I had a mate of mine spend too much time in
Europe and it made his brain go funny - He
almost had a meltdown when I showed him the 240V from his >mains socket...

>Kindest regards,

>Doug Jackson

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