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echo: electronics
to: ROBERT SAYRE
from: THURSTON ACKERMAN
date: 2003-01-07 21:27:00
subject: HVDC TRANSMISSION LINES

RS>RS> Sorry I wasn't clear about this; but, I was
RS>RS>speaking of residences for the 240 VAC.

RS>RS> With 208 you're talking about 3 phase power
RS>RS>which I've only seen in commercial
RS>RS>establishments.

RS>JE> 208 3 phase was not uncommon for residences with central AC
RS>JE> in Houston in the houses built in the 50s-early 70s.

RS> Thanks, Jay; another new fact to learn.

OK, my turn for pop quizzes. Do I remember correctly those 208volt
transformers were referred to as delta wound; while the 230volt
were Y wound ?

Ciao, Ack.

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