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Re: Why choose 120 volts?
From: Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 18:24:20 -0700
Joe Greco wrote:
Once upon a time, Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net> said:And I don't like not having anywhere to plug in my power screwdriver's recharger... I suppose I should see if I can find someplace that has a transformer of an appropriate size, or does anyone already have the part number for something that can provide a few hunderd milliamps of 120V from 208? :-)Isn't 208V usually provided as a connection across two phases of a 3 phase circuit? In that case, you get 120V by going between one phase and neutral (no transformer required).Yes, but this doesn't imply that you have access to those other phases. It is easy enough to be delivered 208V single phase service in a data center environment. ... JG
Correct. I have a Smart-UPS RT connected across two legs of 3 phase for 208. The unit does not have a neutral, only ground, so it's 3 wires in and 3 out. The output is only 208 L-L with odd voltages on L-G. Since there's no neutral, it can only be used to drive 208 loads or a transformer for 120. ~Seth
Current thread:
- Re: Why choose 120 volts?, (continued)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Michael Thomas (May 27)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Peter Beckman (May 27)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Iljitsch van Beijnum (May 27)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Joe Greco (May 26)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Seth Mattinen (May 26)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Chuck Anderson (May 26)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Chris Adams (May 26)
- RE: Why choose 120 volts? Dave Larter (May 26)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Joe Greco (May 26)
- RE: Why choose 120 volts? Dave Larter (May 26)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Seth Mattinen (May 26)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? david raistrick (May 26)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Joe Greco (May 26)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? david raistrick (May 27)
- RE: Why choose 120 volts? Dave Larter (May 27)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Joe Greco (May 27)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Pete Templin (May 28)
- RE: Why choose 120 volts? Dave Larter (May 28)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Jay Hennigan (May 28)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Jay Hennigan (May 27)
- Re: Why choose 120 volts? Seth Mattinen (May 27)