In message <[email protected]> [email protected] writes:
> Getting stuff that runs on 130 volts shouldn't be that difficult. Just go > to Mexico. If I remember correctly, the nominal mains voltage is 126 volts, > so 130 volts wouldn't be much of a stretch. > > Even here in the USA, some things like 130 volt incandescent light bulbs > aren't too hard to find. The European voltage is probably actually 220/root3 = 127V but marked as a nominal 130V. I certainly recall some years ago an Italian customer who had 220/127V star (wye). [I recall it because we made a boob and assumed when the customer said "220V three phase" he meant a phase-neutral voltage of 220, i.e. the common 380/220V three-phase four-wire, instead of the phase-phase voltage. Not only did we have to make him three 127V stabilisers and take back the 220V units, but we had to provide at our cost an artificial star point (static balancer) as there wasn't a neutral! Don't know if this system still exists.] Bill -- William Lyons Claude Lyons Limited, Brook Road, Waltham Cross, Herts EN8 7LR, UK Tel: +44 (0)1992 768 888 Fax: +44 (0)1992 769 849 email: [email protected] URL: http://www.claudelyons.co.uk > Hans Mellberg <[email protected]>@majordomo.ieee.org on 01/08/2003 > 06:01:58 PM > > Please respond to Hans Mellberg <[email protected]> > > Sent by: [email protected] > > > To: Andre Boons <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected] > cc: > Subject: Re: European 3 Phase > > > > 130V in Belgium??? What equipment do they use? I remember that Stockholm had up > until 1970 some houses running on DC from the early 1900's but I think all that is > gone by now!! 130V makes it difficult to buy TV or stereo equipment and cooking > appliances and refrigerators. > > --- Andre Boons <[email protected]> wrote: > > In Belgium, some areas have 3phase 230V without null (delta). > > Some older houses still have single phase 130V (230 x SQRT 3), probably > > derived from 230V somehow. > > Andre > > > > > > >From: Hans Mellberg <[email protected]> > > >Reply-To: Hans Mellberg <[email protected]> > > >To: [email protected], [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: European 3 Phase > > >Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:41:35 -0800 (PST) > > > > > > > > >No, 230V are not available in three phase. The 220/230/240V ARE derived > > >from three > > >phase voltages which are normally 380V or 415V and will converge somewhere > > >around > > >400V per phase. > > > > > >--- [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > What three-phase voltages are commonly available in Europe? Is 230 VAC > > > > three-phase readily available? Is wye or delta most common or doesn't it > > > > matter? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bob Heller > > > > 3M EMC Laboratory, 76-1-01 > > > > St. Paul, MN 55107-1208 > > > > Tel: 651- 778-6336 > > > > Fax: 651-778-6252 > > > > ======================================================= This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
