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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:08:40 +0100
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440 3 Phase

Not   as  standard   . some  engineering  model  makes  have , but  normally 
240 1 ph

Also  depends on the  age of the  street  , ie , this  road  only  has  240 
v   single  phase
supply . while   more  modern  layouts use  3  phase  and  feed  alternate 
house's

G..



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From: <riese-k3djc@juno.com>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 4:15 PM
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Subject: Re: LF: mains wires

>
> in the US we have a standard of 120/240
> with the 120 as the appliance voltage
> the British and others use 220 for a standard
> does that mean that 440 is used for the big power draws
> we would place our clothes dryers on 220 do you have 440
> in general use in the home
>
> Bob K3DJC
>
> On Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:44:20 -0400 Elton A Sanders <radiodog77@pobox.com>
> writes:
>> If it was plugged into US 230v both Black and White would be hot.
>> Mains
>> feed here is 2 hots and Neutral hot to Neutral 115v hot to hot 230v
>>
>> (feed is from a center tapped transformer on the pole).
>>       WB5MMB
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:25:02 -0000, mal hamilton wrote:
>> > Bob
>> > If you look at a Dentron 2500 amplifier on the cct diagram the
>> 230v
>> > mains cable, WHITE wire goes to the ON/OFF switch on amplifier
>> then
>> > primary of HT transformer which to me is HOT and BLACK wire goes
>> > directly to the other side of primary winding, NEUTRAL and GREEN
>> to
>> > chassis.
>> > In the UK the switch is always in the LIVE (hot) wire and NEUTRAL
>> > direct to the appliance except it happens to be a double switch.
>> >
>> > UK appliance BROWN live, BLUE neutral, plus an earth wire (3 wire
>> > appliance)
>> > mal/g3kev
>> >
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>
>> >> Sunday, October 09, 2011 7:48 PM
>> >> Re: LF: mains wires
>> >>
>> >> what I use to keep track
>> >>
>> >> Black is hot white is not
>> >>
>> >> Bob K3DJC
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 17:09:09 -0000 "mal hamilton" writes:
>> >>
>> >>> LF
>> >>> I have a USA amplifier with 230v input. The mains wires are
>> >>> BLACK, WHITE, and GREEN
>> >>>
>> >>> The cct diagram shows White as the live wire with amplifier
>> mains
>> >>> switch in this line, Black goes to the other end directly to
>> >>> transformer primary
>> >>> and Green to earth.
>> >>> but
>> >>> according to USA info the Black wire should be Live and White
>> >>> Neutral.
>> >>>
>> >>> So beware !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>> >>> de g3kev
>> >>
>> >> ____________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>>
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