Paul Coxwell wrote in news:telecom25.105.9 @telecom-digest.org:
Several points have been raised in this discussion to
> which I would like to respond.
> [...]
Thank you for the great write-up. My father was a power EE, and I had worked some as an electrician, so I have picked up some of this info over the years. I especially remember my father describing the high-leg delta connection when I was a kid, but I never ran into one in practice.
On the primary side of these transformers, everything here is
> connected between phases. In fact NONE of our HV lines have a neutral
> run with them, so three-phase primaries are always delta-connected,
> and the primary on a single-phase transformer is connected across two
> phases of the HV. That primary supply to the final transformers is
> almost always 11kV (measured phase to phase), although there are still
> a very few local distribution networks operating at 6.6kV in a couple
> of areas. Thus a single-phase HV spur line has to be run as two "hot" > phases.
Is the generator end wye-connected for a ground (earth?) reference, or is there ground fault detection circuitry on delta connected generators? Or is ground reference / ground fault not as big a concern there as here? Just curious.
As noted before, in Continental Europe 3-phase supplies into homes are
> very common, however, and to British and American minds they seem to
> take 3-phase to extremes. In France, for example, it's not at all
> uncommon to find a small house which has a full 3-phase 4-wire
> 380Y/220V service, with the main breaker set to just 15 amps per
> phase! Arranging heating and cooking loads on a service like that can
> be quite a juggling act.
I can imagine. Is something like an electric range connected to 380? Is it wired single phase or three phase?
Thanks,
Another Paul