'And now for something completely different'
Excellent. Very educational and barely a titter but...
I learned today that the US uses 204v and not 110V as I always thought it did?
And a request if I may. Can you write about three-phase use in the home as my builder wants me to pay for a three-phase supply as we have a lot of aircons, ovens and water-heaters and I thought only industrial units used three-phase leccy for seriously heavy-duty usage?
You are so useful to know lol
Have a gorgeous weekend and as always, best wishes to your better half.
PS If you'd tagged STEM, you'd have likely got a load of loverrrly Stem tokens!
#stem <- Did I do it right?
Good morning, wassup man? Dude anything you need, feel free to pick my brain, I'll teach you everything I know.
Homes in the US do operate at 110, they're rated for 240v. Two hots feed the home, each are 110v so it's capable of producing 240. Understand? Still single phase. <-- Single means 2. In the US our ovens, a/c units grow lights etc operate at 240.
3-phase. You must have equipment that requires it, it's not uncommon. All your industrial plants will be 3-phase, you're correct, but. Commercial a/c units will just about always be 3-phase, as will commercial ovens (commercial most things). You can get a lot more amperage out of a 3-phase system and they cycle real smooth. It's more expensive in the beginning but in the long run will be smoother, less headache and less to maintain. Does that make sense?
It isn't your home that requires it. It sounds like your equipment will not operate without it.
Really appreciate your support Nathen, thank you.
We're fostering another puppy right now, day 2 today, 8 days to go. My point is she forgets all about her disease when someone like Willy needs a place to crash.
You're a star, thank you. You basically backed up what my new architect said. All the household stuff is standard but most Thais don't have ovens, electric hot water systems and 5 split unit ACs so they are getting the electric co to supply us with 3 phase simply because we may need high amperage AND the standard supply is extremely dirty and it will save getting stuff zapped as does happen regularly here from poor mains.
The cost was surprisingly only slightly more as she said we'd run 3 phase into a special consumer unit then tap and split 415v to provide single phase final circuits.
In the long run it should actually save us money due to the lack of blown appliances!
A sparky in the UK also said it's quite common in bigger houses in the UK too but it means there will be no future Nathan DIY!
Electrical standards here are dreadful so I'm still a bit worried about it however but not as much as the installation engineer I guess!
It'll be reet!
Thanks again. The pup is gorgeous, you'd love it here sat outside the 7/11s playing with the appreciative street dogs :-)
(Nuther long one... oops!)
My pleasure, any time.
I should reconsider being so honest sometimes, a few more puppy pics and ima be labeled soft!
Of course, "bigger houses," same here. If the home has multiple ac units or maybe a big fancy pool, machine shop out back, etc etc they will require 3-phase.
1 milliamp can kill you dude (.0001 = dead, goodbye family). Your toilet light is probably 0.5-1 amps for relativity—.0001. A/C is no joke, let the pros do that stuff. DC is the one you'll just wish you're dead, blows off limbs and stuff but a/c does not forgive. <-- Repeat.
That was my job for 22 years—make sure everyone went home the way they showed up.
Clean energy, tapping, fresh, all key words. Imagine water, with me? Say you want to push 100 gallons through two hoses. It'll work, of course it will, no problem. But eventually those two hoses will weaken, water gets dirty, pressure lowers, etc. They need repaired. Now if you have the same gallons and a third route... see what I mean? Smoother, cleaner, longevity. 👍🏿
Sounds like you have 3-phase options readily accessible. That's convenient. Here, it's uncommon so the homeowner would have to purchase a single phase to 3-phase transformer, that's where the bill gets painful. I wouldn't even know the price dude, probably 5-10k.
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