Re: How to determine three-phase power

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Well I think that the loads are connected to balalnce
 > the power too, that's why I suspected three phase. Why
 > three power lines, otherwise? It obviousely can't be
 > two hots and an neutral.
 >
 > Chris

	That's exactly what it is!  The outer leads go to the two ends of a
center-tapped 240 volt winding on a single-phase distribution
transformer and the neutral goes to the center tap.

Ed