Phil Leigh;283503 Wrote: > You might be interested in this... > > http://www.marcspages.co.uk/pq/3312.htm
I don't see how that impact the (questionable) practice of reversing AC polarity to audio gear. What they're talking about is imbalanced loads across the 3-phase power grid, which is meaningless at a 110V outlet because it is single phase. Also I don't know if things are done differently in the UK, but in the US, AFAICT rural distribution (i.e. far-flung but _small_ loads) is usually single phase. In situations where 3-phase is used they will physically rotate the wires once in a while, but I think that is more to equalize the capacitive loading to earth or something - usually a "delta" transformer would be used to pull power from these, evenly loading all three phases. Good stuff on the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase_electric_power I'd like to see a more authoritative reference for what he's describing though. It sounds like speculation to me. I see every reason for the electric companies to be extremely careful to load them as evenly as possible, as that maximizes efficiency and profit. -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45195 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
