On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Jim Elwell wrote: > At 07 02 04, 10:26 AM, Gene Mechtly wrote: > >On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Chimpsarecute wrote: > > > ... > > > In Germany, ... > > > > > > In the US, the 3 phases on the pole are at 13.5 kV line to line... > > > >Not true. In the US, three phase transformers are found only at > >"substations" on concrete, surrounded by wire fences. > ... > I'm no expert, but I do not think either of these is entirely correct, > unless this is ONLY about residential areas...
Yes, Jim. We did mean, I thought, only residential areas. Many zones serving industrial users, and even some serving the more robust commercial users are provided with three-phase services as you indicated. Gene Mechtly.
