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Sridhar Ayengar
ploopster at gmail.com
Thu Jan 15 14:14:19 CST 2009
Paul Koning wrote:
> Sort of. Amps per leg, so if you have a 100 amp feed, that means you
> have TWO 110 volt legs each rated at 100 amps. You can hang onto that
> 200 amps worth of 110 volt loads, or 100 amps worth of 220 volt loads,
> or some blend of the two (provided the 110 volt loads are well enough
> balanced across the two legs that neither hits its individual 100 amp
> limit).
So you still have to multiply the rating by 240V to get the watts.
> Some US homes have only one leg (just 110 volt) but I think that's
> only for ancient 30 amp and maybe 60 amp feeds; 100 and 200 are always
> "two phase".
>
> So we're pretty close to Gordon.
I figured.
Peace... Sridhar
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