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Re: How to determine three-phase power
Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist@qwest.net>" <evp@pacbell.net>
Tesla list wrote:
>
> Original poster: "Zagarus Rashkae by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist@qwest.net>" <arbitrarily_random@yahoo.com>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I want to get a three-phase feed into my house for DC
> tesla coiling and I decided to do some research. I
> looked out the window and saw 3 wires on the power
> poles that come down my street. Going down the street
> I saw that consecutive pole pigs were connected to
> different lines on th power poles. Now to make sure, I
> have to get a neighbor that's supposedly using a
> different phase of the 3-phase line and measure
> voltage from my house to their house via really long
> power cord... :-) But before I do that, I want to ask
> the Tesla list if my speculation is correct.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
It's very unlikely that you are dealing with three-phase power. The
different loads are connected to different legs of the power line in
order to balance the load.
Ed