Lesu;362873 Wrote: > Well, the last time I looked, the UK was in western Europe and I think > we qualify as developed, but I don't know of a normal household with 3 > phase supply. 3 phase is normally restricted to factories and > workshops.
Well... I am confident you have it but it's invisible, you have just the regular UK 1-phase outlets in the house. But the cable coming into the house will most probably be 3-phase and enter a box that has 3 busbars, one for each phase. You will probably have multiple 16A breakers and if you have more than a couple, they will be spread over the 3 phases. So yes, you could make a true 3-phase power by running extension cords from different outlets in the house and just using the hot-wires from each. I shouldn't have told this... don't play with it if you're not sure what you are doing. Also, many homes in the UK will have electric stoves, ovens or waterheaters that use 3-phase power. When you call the electrician for making an outlet for them, he will open the box to the three busbars and pull the wiring from it, no need to dig up the cable... The reason they do the 3-phase is that the neighborhood-transformers are 3-phase and they want to balance the load not just over the neighborhood but within each house. cheers, Nick. -- DeVerm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DeVerm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27990 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
