On Mon 29 Jul 2019 at 18:00:25 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 29 July 2019 17:26:17 ghe wrote: > > > On 7/29/19 1:57 PM, David Wright wrote: > > > Irrelevant in a domestic setting: it's illegal to have more than one > > > phase in an ordinary house. > > > > FYI, and significantly OT: > > > > I don't think that's true in the US.
IIRC Joe's in the UK. 3-phase there is lethal. 1 is bad enough. > > Not in Austin, Texas anyway. > > Several years ago I knew a woman down there who said she had 3 phase > > in her house to run her air conditioner. > > > > She may have been just kidding, but she was a pretty good techie, so I > > believe her. Although I have no idea how she could get that in a > > residential area... > > I don't think its sick bird, but it just isn't done unless you want to > pay for the construction costs to get it to you. I'm about 3 blocks from > the main 3 phase lines, so by the time they call Coleman SD and get the > other cans on site, I'd expect to get a quote north of 20k$ to get it > delivered. When its only about $80 a horse to make your own with a vfd, > there's zero excuse to ask for a quote. But Gene, everything's bigger in TX. Cheers, David.
