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3 Phase, 5 Wires Power Supply

05/09/2011 8:17 AM

Ahm, I'm kinda little bit drowsy. A 3 phase having a 5 wire configuration? Does this exist?

L1, L2, L3, N, Ground ??? Can somebody enlighten me.

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Re: 3 Phase, 5 wires Power Supply

05/09/2011 8:41 AM

It sounds pretty good from here.

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Re: 3 Phase, 5 wires Power Supply

05/09/2011 9:26 AM

Certainly. A very common system--a grounded conductor (the neutral) to carry the unbalanced currents from L1, L2, and L3, and a grounding conductor, used as a safety ground, connected to various things including enclosures.

Now, if you want to be confused, consider the mining industry, with 6 wires--adding the ground check conductor (aka as pilot or monitor wire). It is used to check for continuity of the grounding conductor to the frame of mining machinery.

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Re: 3 Phase, 5 Wires Power Supply

05/09/2011 10:07 AM

It does exist. So what is the issue next?

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Re: 3 Phase, 5 Wires Power Supply

05/09/2011 10:39 AM

Yep, pretty common here, L1 L2 L3 N PE

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Re: 3 Phase, 5 Wires Power Supply

05/09/2011 12:03 PM

Yes! It is called the TN-S system in IEC 60364.

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Re: 3 Phase, 5 Wires Power Supply

05/20/2011 7:14 AM

We use this in Oz to get both three phase 440v ( L1, L2, L3, ) and 240v single phase L1, N for some of the outlets and then L2, N for some more with one phase reserved for lighting L3, N in this example. That is to say 440v between phases and 240v between phase and N.

This can cause an imbalance between the phases but as there is no standard either imposed or by convention the rest of the houses in the street will likely as not help to balance the load.

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