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On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:46:51 -0500, Van Chocstraw
<boobooililililil@roadrunner.com> wrote:

>Sylvia Else wrote:
>> I have to phases of power supply to my house - so three power lines, two 
>> phases plus neutral.
>> 
>> I've on occasion wondered what would happen if we lost the neutral line. 
>> It seems to me that we'd then have the voltage between the two phases 
>> across two sets of appliances, one set attached to one phase, and the 
>> other set attached to the other phase, with the two sets in series as a 
>> result of their common connection to the neutral wire. Since the two 
>> sets are unlikely to represent equal loads, the net result would be a 
>> large overvoltage on one set of appliances.
>> 
>> My electrician says it's not an issue, but I can't see why.
>> 
>> Any thoughts?
>> 
>> Sylvia.
>
>With the exception of some pump motors, nothing in the house runs on 
>220. Even the stove splits 110 to the burners and 110 to the oven. No 
>neutral and no 110's to anything.

WHere are you located that this is true? Surely not in the US/North
America.