Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: RE: Grid neutral

2016-11-28 Thread Chris Mason
Power stations use ground return. when we constructed power stations in my electrical years, we dug extensive trenches filled with copper conductors to provide the widest earthing system. In a three phase system, only the differential current returns to the power station. That means that there is

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: RE: Grid neutral

2016-11-27 Thread Allan Sindelar
Mark and all, Thank you for some very useful replies. You confirmed my understanding. You know how a customer can be so sure of (usually) himself... Mark, I don't care that much about the structure of the utility. But it's this customer's understanding of utility structure that got me the con

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: RE: Grid neutral

2016-11-26 Thread Drake
A 120/240 V split phase system is supplied by a center tapped 240 V transformer. The center tap is grounded, deriving the neutral. Unbalanced current from the two hot phase conductors return back through the neutral. At 08:27 PM 11/25/2016, you wrote: Wrenches, Is there such a thing as a "grid

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: RE: Grid neutral

2016-11-26 Thread Mark Frye
Allen, Back when people used to read books to learn, at least you had to spend several hours studying something, then you could be 50% an expert. Now with the interwebs, watch only at least the first 20 minutes of a YouTube video and you can have an unshakeable conviction in a new belief as t