Difference Betn Line Current and Phase Current

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sajoshi Participant Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3	Difference Betn Line Current and Phase Current 09/23/2011 1:56 AM
	what is the difference betn line current and phase current?
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TonyS Guru Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Resting under the Major Oak Posts: 4347 Good Answers: 181	#1 Re: difference betn line current and phase current 09/23/2011 2:01 AM
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hithuanand Power-User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Asia/India Posts: 365 Good Answers: 1	#2 Re: difference betn line current and phase current 09/23/2011 2:14 AM
	In three phase system only two possibilities of connections Star and Delta. Line current = 1.732xPhase current (in delta), Line current = Phase current (In star).
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NotUrOrdinaryJoe Guru Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 1639 Good Answers: 73	#3 Re: Difference Betn Line Current and Phase Current 09/23/2011 7:39 AM
	These terms can be confusing because they are sometimes used incorrectly. Generally line current is associated with a "Y" configuration and the missing words help keep it straight. The full term is "Line to Neutral" current. In the Delta configuration, without a neutral, you only have phase current. If the term "Line current" is being used in describing a delta system, the implication is that the reference is to the current in the wire, which is phase current. __________________ A great troubleshooting tip...."When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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hithuanand Power-User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Asia/India Posts: 365 Good Answers: 1	#4 In reply to #3 Re: Difference Betn Line Current and Phase Current 09/23/2011 9:48 AM
	Is it then what about current flowing through a three phase incoming supply just after a star to delta conversion of a motor.I think its value is 1.732 times Phase current.
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pnaban Guru Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: srilanka Posts: 2725 Good Answers: 5	#5 In reply to #3 Re: Difference Betn Line Current and Phase Current 09/25/2011 4:01 AM
	I believe that line current is current drawn from the supply, in star it is the same as phase current but in delta it is 1.732... times the phase current __________________ pnaban
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electricalexpert65 Guru Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2061 Good Answers: 169	#6 Re: Difference Betn Line Current and Phase Current 09/25/2011 11:57 AM
	Spelling? Jokes apart, Line Current is the current that flows in the "Lines" or the supply wires from the source to the equipment. Phase Current is the current flowing in the respective phase "windings" of the equipment.
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