[AT] 3Ph, etc.

[carl gogol]

If the power pole outside your house carries three primary wires, it is 3 
phase, if there are only two wires it is single phase.  Usually there isn't 
a neutral carried in 3 phase which was a surprise to me when my power 
engineering friends corrected me many many moons ago.

A typical residential tap (i.e. single phase) attaches to one of the phases 
and the next pace down the street will tap into one of the other phases in 
an effort to keep the loads balanced.

I have 3 phase in front of the house, but did not want to pay extra for the 
3 phase system, besides everything is 208 volts instead of 220 and will have 
slightly higher losses because of the extra current to make the same power 
draw.
Carl Gogol
Manlius, NY
(2) AC D-14, AC 914H
Simplicity 3112 & 7116
Kubota F-2400

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] 3Ph, etc.


> Ted,
>
> That's pretty much the way it is here.  It's available but you have to 
> convince the power company (read pay them) to hook you up.
>
> Bear,
>
> We don't have an oil patch here so unless there is we are in the line 
> between a sub station and an industrial facility, big grain mill, or some 
> place else that has high horsepower motors you aren't likely to get 3ph. 
> Correct me if I'm wrong but it's basically available anywhere if there are 
> two primaries and a neutral on the pole and you can get the power company 
> to put in the right transformer but for some reason they are stingy with 
> it here.   I'm not an electrician so I might be way off base there.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <TCHARPE at aol.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 8:29 PM
> Subject: [AT] 3Ph, etc.
>
>
>>
>>
>>        I asked the power company about installing 3Ph and it available 
>> just
>> 500 ft down
>>        the street.   They wanted $3700 to run the line to my house.   The
>> poles were
>>        already in place...they would just need to run the lines and 
>> change
>> the transformer.
>>        Also the cost for power would nearly double.  Told them to forget 
>> it
>> !!
>>
>>       I installed a static converter for my lathe and Bridgeport mill and
>> they run fine.
>>       Tried to get Bridgeport Co to install a single phase motor but they
>> wouldn't even
>>       consider it at that time.   Maybe they have changed their thinking 
>> by
>> now.
>>
>>       Ted Harper
>>
>>       By the time you decide to look for greener pastures,
>>       you're too old to jump the fence.
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