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From: hakanl@loglule.se (H}kan Lennest}l)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 110/220 v question
Message-ID: <1776@donander.loglule.se>
Date: 14 Sep 89 13:29:30 GMT
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In article <SAAF.89Sep12215929@joker.optics.rochester.edu> saaf@joker.optics.rochester.edu (Lenny Saaf) writes:

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>Is this wiring
>scheme also used in 220 volt land?  That is, can homes access 440
>volts from their service drop?  I will summarize the responses.

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Here in the nordic countrys we have a three-phase system. All households
are connected with three live "phase" wires plus one "zero" and possibly one
ground. You obtain 220 volt between "zero" and one of the phases. And 380 volt
between two of the phases. I am no expert on this, but I think that this
is the general idea.

/ H}kan