I'm sure this thread will die rather quickly due to lack of interest.
Luxman said
We don't speak of the wave, we speak of the direction of the current. During the positive half cycle the current flows into one direction, during the negative half cycle into the other. So there's ONE direction change of the electrical current per cycle or Hertz.
Yes, when you disagreed with me, I figured you meant that, but I was referring to the actual wave. I should have worded it differently.
Luxman also said
And that's wrong too (sorry). You have three-phase electric power coming to your house. Between 2 phases and the neutral you have 120V, between the third phase and the neutral you have 208V and connected to two phases you have 240V.
No, we have single phase coming to our house. It's actually two opposite 120 volt phases that when combined yield 240 volts, but isn't that still 240 volts? If you place a meter across the two legs, it will read 240 volts, so regardless of the phases, the net result is 240 volts.
What you are referring to with three phase is what they use for commercial installations.(I've never heard of three phase being run to a residential home). Most newer houses (maybe 30 years old or less) have single phase running to them, like mine does. If you refer to the link you posted for me in the other thread, it mentions that.
Luxman said
We don't speak of the wave, we speak of the direction of the current. During the positive half cycle the current flows into one direction, during the negative half cycle into the other. So there's ONE direction change of the electrical current per cycle or Hertz.
Yes, when you disagreed with me, I figured you meant that, but I was referring to the actual wave. I should have worded it differently.
Luxman also said
And that's wrong too (sorry). You have three-phase electric power coming to your house. Between 2 phases and the neutral you have 120V, between the third phase and the neutral you have 208V and connected to two phases you have 240V.
No, we have single phase coming to our house. It's actually two opposite 120 volt phases that when combined yield 240 volts, but isn't that still 240 volts? If you place a meter across the two legs, it will read 240 volts, so regardless of the phases, the net result is 240 volts.
What you are referring to with three phase is what they use for commercial installations.(I've never heard of three phase being run to a residential home). Most newer houses (maybe 30 years old or less) have single phase running to them, like mine does. If you refer to the link you posted for me in the other thread, it mentions that.
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