Alan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The 3-phase looks more like obfuscation to me. > > Gee .. I'd better take my Electric clothes dryer in for de-obfuscating. > > And there I was thinking it was trapped lint. > That's hilarious! > You want lots of power, you go straight to three-phase. This is a test rig > he's using, so of course it's over-engineered. . . . My guess is that he is designing for industrial applications. A lot of industrial parks come with 3-phase power and the sockets for them. Even if you do not need much ummph it might be a good idea to design for 3-phase since that is what is likely to be available in your target market. By the way, a Google image search for "three phase power socket" turns up a whole bunch of different plug configurations. It reminds of the USB male connector, mini-this and mini-that. It was supposed to be standard, for crying out loud. Every gadget has a different one! What's with that? - Jed
