Hah, I really mis-spelled industrial didn't I? Sorry folks, the spell check doesn't work on my e-mail now for some odd reason.
Best, Will *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/26/2011 at 7:55 PM Will Matney wrote: >Bill, > >I wish it was that way here, but it's not, only along the highway where the >general business is located. Now, across the Ohio River, on the Huntington, >WV side, it is more insudtrial, and they do have it in places as your >thinking of, all through town. It's like that from Huntington WV, all the >way to Ashland, Ky, or on that side of the river. > >I live in Proctorville, Ohio, a really small town, or really about 2-1/2 >miles above it, and it's all sub divisions here. We're right across the >Ohio River from Huntington. The poles for all these houses carry one hot >wire on top, off a single insulator, plus there's a ground or neutral, the >telephone, and TV cable, and that's all we have on a pole. They just bug >onto the top line with the fuse blow-out, and into the transformer. Out of >the transformer goes to the neutral, and then a ground wire down the pole, >if it's a pole with a transformer on it, like behind me here. It's like >that everywhere here, unless you get to a larger city like our county seat >at Ironton, or at South Point. The three phase lines we have are along the >highway, and or main roads, but when you hit the streets, that are all >residential, the above mentioned scheme is all we have. I guess it's >because that on this end of our county, it was mostly farming, until now >that's it built up over the past 30 years. The farms are gone, and in their >place are new sub divisions, but they still run the power to the new homes >the same way. To have three phase here, you either have to own property by >the highway (St Rt 7), or you use a converter. I guess that's just the way >AEP wants to do it. > >Best, > >Will > >>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >>On 6/26/2011 at 4:27 PM WB6BNQ wrote: >>Will Matney wrote: >>snip >>As of now, the only 3 phase lines around here are close to the major roads >where business resides, but when you get into the residential areas, it's >only single phase on the poles. >> >>Best, >>Will >> >>Will, >>I am going to have to disagree with your statement above (in blue). In >residential areas the top three lines are 3 phase and, typically, 4 KV. >Yes, only single phase is routed to homes as 220 volts center tapped via a >transformer. AND, you will also see three (3) 220 volt lines at a lower >level on the poles feeding the houses grouped for that transformer. >Depending upon routing, there may be small runs that are stringers from a >transformer where only the 220 volt wires are run, but only because there >was no intent to continue the 4 KV bus in that direction. >>The reason for the 3 phase is to balance the load to the substation. That >is the transformers are spread out along the path and connected (single >phase) alternately across different phases. >>At least that is how it is done out here on the West Coast ! I realize >there may be exceptions in really old areas of the country, particularly >along the East Coast. >>I am located in San Diego, CA area. What part of the country are you in ? > >>Bill....WB6BNQ > > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >and follow the instructions there. > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5851 (20110206) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.