On Fri, 31 May 2002, Bill Potts wrote: > ... > Power to U.S. and Canadian houses is 3-wire. Two are live and provide > full-wave 220 V AC for ovens, stoves, driers, etc. The third wire is > neutral. Half the house's 110 V circuits use one live, plus neutral. The > other half use the other live, plus neutral. The fact that the two sets of > half-wave circuits are mutually 180 degrees out of phase isn't a problem. > ...
Bill, Both branches (black to white, and red to white) are "full wave sinusoidal 110 V (to about 120 V) ac"! Why do you write "half-wave circuits"? The term "half-wave" implies rectification by a single diode, which is *not* involved in usual electrical service to houses in the US. Gene.
