[Amps] Benefits of 3-phase power?

[R.Measures]

>Hello Karl-Arne,
>
>I'll second that in a heart beat. When I arrived in Canada from Sweden 1982,
>the electrical system on this side of the pond really surprised me. It's
>unfortunately a very old fashioned system we seem to be stuck with.
>
>I remember when we bought our first house, looking at the electrical wiring
>gave me night mares. The house was less than 20 years old and the wiring
>looked like a cobb web. 20 years later it still looks the same in new
>housing, which I find remarkable and surprising.
>
>As an example, to get 120V and 240V to the house, which by the way is the
>same phase, the power distributor uses "pole pigs" or other type of
>transformers for 240V with a center tap to get 2x120V. It's really
>surprising that it's working at all.

***  Single-phase works semi-OK - provided the mains ESR is low enough to 
do the job at hand, and the amplifier builder does his/her homework.  
However, the newer-design compact electrolytics make life easier for us 
poor devils who must bear the burden of single-phase.  

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