[Amps] Benefits of 3-phase power?

[Bill Turner]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 20:05:07 -0800, "Bert Almemo"
<balmemo at sympatico.ca> wrote:

>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.

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"Surprising that it's working at all"?  Could you please explain that?
I've worked with both two and three phase for years, and while I see
that three phase has it's advantages, I wouldn't want it for ordinary
home use.

Comments welcome.

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Bill, W6WRT