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Article #252Re: Two phases to house - loss of neutral
From: Sylvia Else
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:21
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:21
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PeterD wrote: > 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? Of course not. I'll just get out the 415VAC resistive load I happen to have lying around, and see what registers. Sylvia.
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