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Article #250Re: Two phases to house - loss of neutral
From: PeterD
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:54
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:54
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:33:40 +1100, Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote: >terryc wrote: >> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:12:24 +1100, Phil Allison wrote: >> >> >>>>> Would the two utility meters correctly reflect the energy I consumed? >>>> **Briefly, yes. >>> ** Indefinitely, actually. >> >> Yep, that is how 415VAC is obtained. > >But is it how it's metered? > >I haven't gone through the math, and I'd overlooked the fact that each >meter sees a power factor of less than one, so I can't say now whether I >think the meters would read correctly. But if there's a way of looking >at the problem that makes the answer obvious, I've yet to see it. > >Sylvia. Do it the old fashioned way: make a test! Can't be that difficult, can it?
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