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From: pcf@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Pete French)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: 110/220 v question
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Date: 15 Sep 89 08:04:32 GMT
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 In article <SAAF.89Sep12215929@joker.optics.rochester.edu> saaf@joker.optics.rochester.edu (Lenny Saaf) writes:
 
>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.
 
British mains is 3-phase, but a house only noramlly gets a single phase
supply. larger buildings may have 2 or 3 phases comming into them.
From these you can access 415 volts. These are used for machinery in
places lie factories etc...

-Pete.

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