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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Speaking of voltage #169052 07/07/2007 3:19 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA , would anyone happen to know the term for the system by which electrical power is transmitted to a typical residence. It's 2-phase 3-wire; two "hot" wires 180 degrees out of phase, with the third being neutral or ground. Most outlets get ground and one phase for 115 v, with the 230-v outlets (clothes dryer, pool pump, etc)using both phases dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Speaking of voltage dalehileman 07/07/2007 3:19 PM Re: Speaking of voltage Jackie 07/07/2007 3:35 PM Re: Speaking of voltage dalehileman 07/07/2007 4:38 PM Re: Speaking of voltage tsuwm 07/07/2007 5:28 PM Re: Speaking of voltage dalehileman 07/07/2007 6:06 PM Re: Speaking of voltage wsieber 07/09/2007 5:42 PM Re: Speaking of voltage dalehileman 07/09/2007 6:24 PM Re: Speaking of voltage dalehileman 07/10/2007 3:51 PM Re: Speaking of voltage Faldage 07/11/2007 10:21 AM Re: Speaking of voltage dalehileman 07/11/2007 2:16 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,380 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 38 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,206 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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