Many appliances, motors, AC units, etc are rated for 230 volts, but really they work for our modern 240 volt services. If you do a quick web search, it appears that US standard voltages over the years have morphed from 110 to 115, to 120 volt:
https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/difference-between-220v-and-240v -August On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 12:11 PM David Palumbo <[email protected]> wrote: > The heat pump is a made for USA product that operates on 1ph 60Hz and with > an acceptable voltage range of 210 to 253Vac. I don’t know why they list it > as 230Vac, could have listed it as 240Vac. Same thing as loads that are > either listed as 115Vac or 120Vac, not much real world difference. With > typical utility voltages and with line loss going out to the heat pump > actual voltage at the load is more likely closer to 230Vac than to 240Vac. > > Dave Palumbo > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Glenn Burt <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Thursday, July 25, 2019 1:53 PM > *To: *'RE-wrenches' <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [RE-wrenches] 230Vac load on OB FX2524T system > > > > If you are talking about two 120VAC legs, then the split phase voltage is > 240V, not 230V which is what you would see as a standard in Europe not here. > > > > *From:* RE-wrenches <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *David Palumbo > *Sent:* Thursday, July 25, 2019 12:48 PM > *To:* RE-wrenches <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] 230Vac load on OB FX2524T system > > > > It is a standard 60Hz 230Vac unit > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Kirpal <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Thursday, July 25, 2019 12:45 PM > *To: *RE-wrenches <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [RE-wrenches] 230Vac load on OB FX2524T system > > > > Is the mini split European voltage where it is 230v line 1 to > neutral......Outback makes inverters for that too.... 50 hz? > > Kirpal > > > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019, 11:06 PM David Palumbo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I apologize for my ignorance on this issue, but in all my years I have > never had to power a 230V load with an OutBack system before. > > A couple of quick questions. It is a 8 year old OutBack system with two > FX2524T’s presently powering two 120Vac legs with no 240Vac output. > > - Homeowner is adding a Fujitsu mini split heat pump for air > conditioning the home (summers are getting hot enough for AC even in > northern Vermont). > - It uses 7.9 Amps @ 230Vac > - I have a OB PSX-240 Autoformer manufactured in 2008 in my inventory > here. Should I use it for this application? > - Do I wire it up just like in this schematic? > - If so, what do I change in the programing on the Mate? Presently it > is ADV/FX/STACK stack 1-2ph Master. Do I simply change it to ADV/FX/STACK > stack Classic Slave? > > Thanks, > > Dave Palumbo, Independent Power, Hyde Park, VT > > > > [image: cid:[email protected]] > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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