Every house I know of in the US has a split phase 120/240 line in, usually at a minimum of 60 Amps and typically 200 Amps.
You are correct in that the 240 V only goes to specific items, such as the water pump, stove, HW heater, clothes dryer etc. One has to purposely wire the "radio-room" for 240V. I have 400 Amp service, mainly to force the local power company to use larger feeders to my distribution panel. I am all electric (if you don't count the 5 chords of wood we cut and burn each year) and even on an electric co-op out here in the "sticks", we're paying under 14ยข per kW-hr. It'll stay there if we can keep the coal industry afloat. 73, Charlie k3ICH -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Graham Kimbell Sent: Monday, August 01, 2016 4:09 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The 1500 watt amp Watching this from afar, I notice the irony - US has 1500W limit but not enough (120v) mains power to use it, whilst the UK has loads of mains power (240v at 13A) but only a 400W limit. Graham > The KPA500 can be run from any decent 120VAC mains outlet as long as there aren't too many other loads on it. But going above that power level forces the Ham to have 240 VAC in the shack, something many of us do not normally plan for. That can be a very expensive addition to the cost of the amp, especially if the mains panel is not expandable as needed. > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to pin...@erols.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
