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From: "Joe Foley" <redmenaced@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles List" <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Need help with 230 volt AC wiring
> Nah, 240 is usually a delta system, unless its got one
> side center tapped for 120. Then you'd have three
> hots and a ground, and watch out for the wild leg, it
> could also be an open delta. If its a wye system then
> you'd have five terminals, three hots, one neutral,
> and a ground, more likely to be 277/480 volts or
> 120/208.
>
Just out of interest, as it came up, UK/Europe is standardised on a nominal
235V 50Hz supply derived from 440V star distribution. There is no ground,
the neutral is grounded to everything metallic that goes into the ground
everywhere, known as PME, Protective Multiple Earths.
Richard
Southampton - England
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