Always a good idea. As I mentioned to Scott, the final determination, my case, is usually by way of contract with the client/customer. Nevertheless, these lists are helpful in preparing when no other resource is available during the early stages of product development.
-Doug Douglas E Powell Laporte, Colorado USA [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 5:23 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > The actual *paper version* of “Electric Current Abroad” (“ECA”) was > around in the early 1990’s when I was working at BSI’s Technical Help to > Exporters” (“THE”) service, and, *even then*, I was pretty sure that it > had quite a few errors/”generalisations”!– so I really do wonder if it ever > got *comprehensively* updated before that PDF version was prepared, > because, since then, far more, *and more specific*, info has become > available via the internet and people in a huge number of countries??? > > > > Therefore, I would, again, treat info in ECA with that proverbial “pinch > of salt”. > > > > John E Allen > > West London, UK. > > > > *From:* Douglas Powell <[email protected]> > *Sent:* 28 October 2020 23:04 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [PSES] Electric Current Abroad > > > > This does look useful. The Electric Current Abroad PDF document also > provides the number of wires from which you can possibly surmise the phase > configuration. This almost appears to be the same data converted to a web > page. I'm doing something similar on My Drive and combining ISO 2-letter > country codes, travel advisory lookups, etc. and using query() for lookups. > Surprising how much can be done in google sheets for scraping external > website data. > > > > In the end, the power requirements need to be agreed upon in the customer > contract, but getting ahead by providing a suitable product without > customization is always a good idea. > > > > Thanks a bunch! > > > > -Doug > > > > > > Douglas E Powell > > Laporte, Colorado USA > > [email protected] > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 3:19 PM Scott Aldous <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Doug, > > > > Have you seen the list from worldstandards? It doesn't cover the phase > configurations directly but does have a column for number of wires. > > > > https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/three-phase-electric-power/ > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 1:48 PM Douglas Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > > All, > > > > In the distant past I struggled to learn what were the expected electrical > voltage, frequency, and phase configurations (delta, wye, high-leg, etc) > for commercial/industrial facilities in various countries. I know about IEC > 60038 standard voltages, but standard voltages don't always represent real > life in specific locales. What I wanted was a good country-by-country > listing for three phase power. The source I most often used was " > http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/pdf/current2002FINAL.pdf";. A > 2002 reprint of the 1998 document, and now a broken link. After a generic > search of www.ita.doc.gov, It seems it is no longer available. > > > > Yes, I realize the information was getting old but finding no up to date > alternative, I searched elsewhere. And besides, It's not likely that such > things like this change rapidly. > > > > Google Books: Link > <https://books.google.com/books?id=0hAdYfH_feQC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&dq=Electric%20Current%20Abroad&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=Electric%20Current%20Abroad&f=false> > > Wayback Machine: Link > <https://web.archive.org/web/20130423040219/http:/www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/pdf/current2002FINAL.pdf> > > > > > I seem to remember a place on the web with a database lookup. Does anyone > know of a comprehensive resource for three-phase power in this world? No > need to refer to orbital platforms, the moon, or other planets just yet. > > > > Thanks! Doug > > > > > > -- > > Douglas E Powell > > [email protected] > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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