Jay,
One leg is called Phase here, this is the hot leg. The other is Neutral and is bonded to ground at every main distribution board. In theory one cannot get bitten coming into contact with the Neutral but this can happen if there is poor earthing, or a poor connection on the Neutral return. Regards Carl Emerson Hi Carl, thanks and yes, I think its why they only did a 120v version here. Another question for you there. Its my understanding that neither of your legs is bonded to ground correct? jay peltz power On Feb 3, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Carl Emerson wrote: Hi Jay, Yes you have described our grid waveform correctly. It is strange to me that they call yours 240V, the rationale used to describe yours and mine are different I guess. Your grid seems to present less volts and more current. If this is correct then I am guessing that the transformers used in the units here will not work for you. Regards Carl Emerson Hi Carl, Your 230vac is a single wave form right? RMS peak to zero crossing of 230v vs our 240vac which is 2 phase wave form RMS peak to zero crossing of 120v Have I got this right? thanks, jay peltz power On Feb 2, 2013, at 6:56 PM, boB wrote: Carl, NZ is 240 VAC right ? 240 VAC 2 wire ? I think that the problem may have to do with leg to leg voltage cross regulation imbalance in 120/240 3 wire systems. boB On 2/2/2013 3:23 PM, Carl Emerson wrote: Goodness knows why 240V Sunny Island's are unavailable in the US. We have been installing these in NZ for years !!! Regards Carl Emerson _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
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