It is the line to line voltage divided by 1.73.
600V / 1.73 = 347V
480V / 1.73 = 277V
380V / 1.73 = 220V
208V / 1.73 = 120V
The line to neutral voltage on three phase 208 volts is, 208/1.73 = 120 volts.
Less than 1 volt potential.
In a typical residential situation there is 220 to 240 volts between the two hot wires that are typically red and black and 110 to 120 volts between neutral and either black or red. The voltage between neutral and earth should be zero.
The formula to use is, phase voltage /1.73 = phase to neutral (ground) voltage.CommentThere is no such thing as a 'phase to phase', or 'phase to neutral' voltage. The correct terms are 'line to line' and 'line to neutral'. So the above answer should read: line voltage/1.73= line to neutral voltage = phase voltage.
There should be no voltage on the neutral wire to ground. This is a serious situation. Call a qualified electrician to check this out.
From line-to-line (any two of the three leads) voltage or 'line voltage', the voltage is 208 V. The line-to-neutral (one of the three leads and the neutral conductor), or 'phase voltage', is 120 V.
The neutral wire should be the same size as your conducters
There should be zero voltage between neutral and ground.
Between Neutral and Ground should be zero volts. Between Neutral and Hot should be 110 to 120 V in the USA, within the European Union it should be 230 V ± 6%.
In a typical residential situation there is 220 to 240 volts between the two hot wires that are typically red and black and 110 to 120 volts between neutral and either black or red. The voltage between neutral and earth should be zero.
Zero, or very close to it. If there is a large neutral current flowing, voltage drop on the neutral leg could cause a volt or so to read between the two. If you read full line voltage, the outlet is wired wrong!
It shouldn't. The open end of a non connected neutral should have the same potential as the voltage feeding the circuit. The only time a voltage will show is when the return neutral is tested with a meter to the neutral bar or the ground return bar. It will then show what the supply voltage to the connected load is. Once this neutral is connected to the neutral bar there will be no voltage shown across the test meter between the neutral and the neutral bar or the ground bar.
You'll have to explain your problem better.If HOT black and Neutral White in your house wiring are both hot then Neutral is NOT bounded to ground in main panel and neutral could be floating. There should be no voltage between Neutral and Ground (Bare wire in panel). By code if there are multiple panels Ground is only bonded to Neutral in th emain entry panel. I have seen cases where this bonding was not done. At your main panel check voltage between neutral and ground. It should be zero.
The formula to use is, phase voltage /1.73 = phase to neutral (ground) voltage.CommentThere is no such thing as a 'phase to phase', or 'phase to neutral' voltage. The correct terms are 'line to line' and 'line to neutral'. So the above answer should read: line voltage/1.73= line to neutral voltage = phase voltage.
Nominally 120 Volts.
There should be no voltage on the neutral wire to ground. This is a serious situation. Call a qualified electrician to check this out.
You really should be asking why the potential of neutral is zero. 'Voltage' means 'potential difference' which, by definition, cannot exist at at point. The reason is that the neutral conductor is earthed (grounded), and earth is, by general consent, considered to have a potential of zero volts. In practise, however, there is usually a small voltage drop between the neutral and earth, so it would be more accurate to say that the neutral's potential is close to zero.
From line-to-line (any two of the three leads) voltage or 'line voltage', the voltage is 208 V. The line-to-neutral (one of the three leads and the neutral conductor), or 'phase voltage', is 120 V.
120 volt wall outlets. Their could me a small voltage between neutral and ground,up to around 1.5 volts. What you are measuring is the voltage drop on the system at that point in the system. You see the neutral and the ground are at the same level some where up stream (service panel). The neutral is under the same load as the phase conductor, and the neutral will drop voltage same as the phase. This is in fact the way I measure voltage drop, (neutral to ground.) However don't get fooled by high imped. meter, They have a way of ghosting a voltage. Or floating high, You get a reading but the voltage is really not their.