Re: What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases in North America

2002-01-18 Thread Art Michael
Hello Andrew, et al; "World Electricity Supplies" which has been referenced in this thread is available from the Int'l Product Safety Bookshop which can be found on the Safety Link at: Regards, Art Michael -- On Fri,

Re: What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases in North America

2002-01-18 Thread Andrew Carson
To: acar...@uk.xyratex.com > Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > Subject: Re: What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases in > North America > > Also Italy have a nominal phase to phase of 380VAC. > Ciao > Paolo > At 11:20 1/17/02

Re: What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases in North America

2002-01-18 Thread Andrew Carson
Peter The star distribution with the center point neutral runs from the distribution grid substation to the facility. So the utility company provides the consumer with the four wires, which they then distribute as required. In a residential area, the three phases are split every third house, pr

RE: What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases in North America

2002-01-18 Thread Crabb, John
)1382-592289 (direct ). Fax +44 (0)1382-622243. VoicePlus 6-341-2289. -Original Message- From: Paolo Gemma [mailto:paolo.ge...@icn.siemens.it] Sent: 17 January 2002 17:56 To: acar...@uk.xyratex.com Cc: emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org Subject: Re: What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases i

Re: What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases in North America

2002-01-18 Thread Paolo Gemma
Also Italy have a nominal phase to phase of 380VAC. Ciao Paolo At 11:20 1/17/02 +, Andrew Carson wrote: Terry Then nominal EU phase to phase voltage is 400VAC with a +6/-10% Tolerance. Distribution is Three Phase Star, Earthed Neutral. Some countries are still a little behind in the volt

RE: What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases in North America

2002-01-17 Thread Peter Tarver
Andrew - Please clarify something for me. Is the utility distribution star configured (WYE connected), rather than DELTA? Or are you speaking only wrt typical distribution within a building? (In the US, "distribution" is generally used to reference utility power distribution, for instance, "di

Re: What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases in North America

2002-01-17 Thread Andrew Carson
Terry Then nominal EU phase to phase voltage is 400VAC with a +6/-10% Tolerance. Distribution is Three Phase Star, Earthed Neutral. Some countries are still a little behind in the voltage harmonization e.g.. Belgium is a nominal 380VAC. Other have not changed as they fall within the tolerance

What about 480 VAC in Europe? RE: 2 Phases in North America

2002-01-16 Thread Terry Meck
High all: I have been away form the forum, very busy, and a quick review notes you have been discussing Power distribution in USA. What about Europe? We have an application needing 480 VAC here in USA. How compatible will 480 VAC be in Europe? Someone told me 390 VAC is more real in Europe.