voltage between two wires is what counts , as long both wires are isolated from chassis .....and they are
so , amp is happy whatever you are calling these two wires (two phases, two neutrals , two grounds , two giraffes, two Jaccos) , as long it see 220Vac ......
also- if that wall socket is made for hairdryer ....... it is also practically blind , so you don't need to write with big green marker - HAIRDRYER title on amp faceplate
so , amp is happy whatever you are calling these two wires (two phases, two neutrals , two grounds , two giraffes, two Jaccos) , as long it see 220Vac ......
also- if that wall socket is made for hairdryer ....... it is also practically blind , so you don't need to write with big green marker - HAIRDRYER title on amp faceplate
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Split-phase is very handy.
Mains on Curaçao is single phase 110V and 220V. More recent built homes and hotels have sockets for both levels of mains.
A lot of the older houses only have 110V mains and step-up transformers hidden in various places to be able to use 220Vac appliances.
Our relative on Curaçao lives in a home she and her husband had built over 40 years ago, each room in the house has at least 1 step-up transformer inside or on top of a closet (even under a bed)
110Vac mains reduces appliance choice range on the island to US manufacture, e.g. 1-2 models of oldfashioned top-loader washing machines.
Such household appliances are likely not manufactured as 220Vac models, lack of a (large) market.
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in my neck of wood , only oldest houses are having just monophase , usually nulled , without safety ground ......
nulled means that there is short between neutral and safety gnd prong in wall socket
standard is 3-phase + neutral , with safety GND made locally , in most cases loooooong zinc-ed ferrite rod/tube laid in ground
nominally 230Vac per phase , so 400Vac between phases
in praxis , in most places 220Vac/380Vac , as per older standard
and yeah ...... 50Hz , so mu hum is 100Hz
nulled means that there is short between neutral and safety gnd prong in wall socket
standard is 3-phase + neutral , with safety GND made locally , in most cases loooooong zinc-ed ferrite rod/tube laid in ground
nominally 230Vac per phase , so 400Vac between phases
in praxis , in most places 220Vac/380Vac , as per older standard
and yeah ...... 50Hz , so mu hum is 100Hz
Inside the house ?
Stoves and washing machines were not seldom 2 or 3 phase not so long ago, boilers as well. They get sleeker and onephased nowadays tho. So no 400 in wallplugs, a 3 phase in the garage maybe, for the masculine welder
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Growing up in a family factory included installing 3-phase wiring and connections.
Touching 380Vac is not pleasant, less offensive folks have gone to the other side for less convincing reasons.
Every road here has a 3-phase main cable burried a few feet deep.
Folks can get 400Vac in a garage/shed, for which the power company installs a separate main fuse box and makes the connection to the wiring in the street.
A certified electrician has to install the wiring from the fuse box to the socket location, dictated by the power company.
Even the cable guys are no guarantee for a proper job. Remember that at exchanging the main cable in the street a couple of years ago they hooked our house up to phase-phase instead of phase-neutral.
(which blew up everything from the espresso machine to the transformers of the electric bed adjusters)
I once installed a 3x64A behind a music scene and I wasent finished for the soundcheck so in the hurry I did what we all do sometimes, connected the wires to the pins and forgot the housing (goes on the cable first).
Wtf I plugged it in anyway, the band soundchecked while I did other things. After a while they shouted they were finished so I went there, without thinking/looking grabbed the 3x64 socket... and had a ride
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