RE: Single vs Two Phase (was - Spark gap erosion resistance)

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi John,

Your right.  It is done with a transformer from a single phase.  The power
supply should still be happy with it since it takes just about anything on
the input.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 10:53 AM 1/4/2002 -0800, you wrote:
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>Terry -
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>I think you will find that your electric utility would consider yours as a
>120/240 volt single phase system. A two phase system has the phases at 90
>degrees not 180. A two phase motor would be self starting without the
>additional help a single phase motor requires. There are no utilities using
>the two phase system anymore.
>
>John Couture
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
>Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 2:51 PM
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: RE: Spark gap erosion resistance
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>Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
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>Hi John,
>
>It should be two-phase 180-degree  120-0-120.
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>Cheers,
>
>	Terry
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>
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>At 04:41 PM 1/3/2002 -0800, you wrote:
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>>Terry -
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>>Are you sure you have two phase at home?
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>>John Couture
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 6:00 PM
>>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>>Subject: Spark gap erosion resistance
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>>Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>While testing my CW coil for Marc, I noticed that the "bullet"
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