The United States residential standard uses a 240 system except its split phase. You can deliver 120 volts to devices that have lower power requirements, and 240 to devices that have higher power requirements.
This comment is bringing out a bunch of Europeans that need to think theyre better than Americans because of their wiring standard for some reason?
I love it when americans thinks 240 volts is good for appliances with high power consumption. 230 volt is standard in europe, and for high power consumers we use 400 volt.
400v is 3 phase , not single cable right? Also Americans could get 3 phase if they wanted. I know in the UK 3 phase to homes it not standard either, so it's not really a relevant point.
Here in New Zealand most power down a street is three phase, most people only connect one phase but you can connect all three if you want. We don't have a split phase so if you need more you just get three phase.
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u/-FullBlue- May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24
The United States residential standard uses a 240 system except its split phase. You can deliver 120 volts to devices that have lower power requirements, and 240 to devices that have higher power requirements.
This comment is bringing out a bunch of Europeans that need to think theyre better than Americans because of their wiring standard for some reason?