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AC reverses its flow direction 60 times every second (In North America). The physical act of stopping and reversing flow direction necessitates that 60 times each second there is no current flow (as it stops to reverse direction). When you have either two or three hot wires that have differing "stop" times from one another, they are out of sync, or PHASE with one another. In commercial installation, you could have three phases (A, B, and C). In a residence you only have two. Confusingly, this is referred to as Single Phase. That's because most house wiring is 110v and you only need 1 of the hot wires (or phases) for a 110v circuit. There is a true A, B, and C phase, although few pay attention to it (or even know about it). Phase hook-up rarely comes into play unless you are running a 3 phase motor. If the phases are in the wrong order, it will run backwards. To fix it, switch any two phases. Whether they are in true A, B, C order doesn't matter.
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What is the mean of 220-440 connection of 3 phase motor?
Star 220 v and delta 400 i star 58 percent only voltage applied delta 400v appliedAnswerThese figures do not represent three-phase, four-wire, system voltages, because if the line voltage were to be 440 V, then the phase voltage would be 254 V; or, if the phase voltage were to be 220 V, then the line voltage would be 381 V.
How do you calculate line voltage from phase voltage?
For questions of this type, it seems the main issue may be one of definitions and industry terms. See if this makes sense: Line voltage is a very ambiguous term. For instance, say you are wiring a doorbell transformer. You feed 120V into the primary, and 18V comes out the secondary. The electrician would say the output is "low voltage" and the input is "line voltage". He simply means the building wiring, or "lines". Now, if you go out to the breaker panel, you will measure 120V from each "leg" to neutral, but you can also measure 240V from leg to leg. It's all line voltage. Line voltage simply means the voltage present in that particular power distribution system. Now the power in your house is "single phase" (well, in almost all homes, anyway). Single phase is fine for most anything, but motors are a special case. Motors need something to create a rotating magnetic field to get them turning. Single phase power doesn't have anything to do that, so they need some sort of a gimmick, like a capacitor, to create a "phase shift" to get the rotation. Single phase AC (alternating current) simply means the voltage goes positive then back down to zero, then negative then back up to zero. That's one complete cycle. The cycle is divided into 360 degrees, like a circle. The positive voltage goes from 0 to 180 degrees, and the negative half 180 back to 0. Now 3-phase power has, you guessed it, 3 hot wires. Each hot wire, when paired with a neutral, is a single-phase source. Heres the big difference: Phase A starts its positive cycle. When it is 120 degrees into the cycle, phase B starts going positive. When Phase B is 120 degrees finished with its cycle, phase C starts going positive. When phase C is 120 degrees into its cycle, that's a total of 360 degrees, and phase A is done with one cycle, and the whole process starts over. Picture 3 people doing "the wave" at a football game. Same principle. This time difference, or "phase shift" is what makes 3-phase power unique. 3-phase motors use the phase shift directly to produce the rotating magnetic field they need to turn. Think of 3 people in a circle, tossing a ball around. see the "circular" motion? Now picture two people tossing the ball back and forth. No circular motion there. That's the difference between single-phase and 3 phase. So, electricians use the term "phase" to refer to one of the three hot wires in a 3-phase (also correctly called multiphase or polyphase) power system. The term "phase" voltage is just as ambiguous as "line" voltage. To be accurate, you must specify whether you mean phase-to-phase voltage, or phase-to-neutral voltage. Confused? if you go into a large commercial building with 3-phase power, many times the incoming panel will have voltmeters on the front. In one building, the first meter will be labeled "phase-to-phase voltage", and the second meter will be labeled "phase-to-neutral voltage". Go into the building NEXT DOOR, and the same meters will be labeled "line-to-line voltage" and "line-to-neutral voltage". See? the terms are used pretty interchangably. In a 3-phase system, each phase, leg, or line has the same potential, or voltage (except for a very few wierd and pretty outdated systems). If you measure from phase A to Phase B you will get the same reading as B to C, also the same as C to A. So, measuring any two phases will tell you what the line voltage is, but that motor still needs all 3 phases to get the rotation. To understand the different voltages you find in a 3-phase system, see the related questions for another answer that relates to that subject.
What does phase mean?
an AC power supply such as mains electricity has an alternating voltage - goes up and down (like a wave). The current used in the thing being powered often has some capacitance or inductance. Too hard to explain with text, look it up!. The current alo goes up and down but not in sinc with he voltage, so this is referered to as not in phase. f the current IS isinc with the voltage, it is IN PHASE, usually because the thing being poerede is a pure simple resistor. Other uses for the term IN PHASE referes to any two thing that happen repeatedly at the same time.
Can you run a double phase motor on home 220 volt system?
If you mean a dual voltage motor 120/240 then yes these will operate on a 240 volt home distribution system.
What does s phase mean?
S-phase (synthesis phase) is the part of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated, occurring between G1 phase and G2 phase.
If you have a phase to phase voltage how do calculate the overall voltage?
First of all, there is no such thing as a 'phase-to-phase' voltage. The correct term is 'line-to-line' voltage. Secondly, without knowing what you mean by 'overall voltage', there is no way of answering your question.
What does it mean when voltage and resistance are in phase?
The voltage across a resistance is in phase with the current through the resistance because the resitance in non-reactive, i.e. non-inductive and non-capacitative. In the inductive case, the load resists a change in current. In the capacitative case, the load resists a change in voltage. In the resistive case, the load current follows the voltage with no delay, hence there is no phase differential.
What is AC voltage terminology - in phase - mean?
If the current rises and falls with the voltage, then the two are said to be 'in phase'; this occurs in a purely-resistive circuit. For inductive or capacitive circuits, the current either lags or leads the voltage.
Is transmission line voltage phase to phase?
Yes usually it would be phase to phase voltage because most transmission lines are set up in a delta configuration. This means that there is no neutral conductor to use as a reference. So any voltage would be measured with reference to another phase.CommentLet's get the terminology correct. The voltages between the three 'hot' lines of a three-phase, three- or four-wire, system are called 'line voltages' even though, in the case of a delta-connected system, they are numerically-equal to the corresponding phase voltages. Therefore, we call the conductors 'line conductors', not 'phase conductors'.There is simply no such thing as a 'phase-to-phase' voltage. Just think about it; you can only measure a voltage acrossan individual phase, so how can you possible measure a voltage 'phase-to-phase' -I mean, where would you place a voltmeter to do that?For a delta system, the line voltage (or line-to-line) voltage is numerically equal to the phase voltage (notphase-to-phase). For a star (or 'wye') system, the line voltage is equal to 1.73 x the phase voltage.
What are the volts per phase on a 240 volt system?
By 'volts per phase', I assume you mean 'phase voltage' as opposed to 'line voltage'?It depends on the country in which you live. In North America, for example, the secondary output of a three-phase distribution transformer typically delta connected, 240 V corresponds to both the phase and line voltages.In other countries, where a three-phase distribution transformer's secondary is wye connected, 240 V is typically a phase voltage and 415 V is a line voltage.
What is mean by that a system is a three phase?
There are three "hot" conductors, all at voltage, and 120 degree phase shift apart from one another.
What is the mean of 220-440 connection of 3 phase motor?
Star 220 v and delta 400 i star 58 percent only voltage applied delta 400v appliedAnswerThese figures do not represent three-phase, four-wire, system voltages, because if the line voltage were to be 440 V, then the phase voltage would be 254 V; or, if the phase voltage were to be 220 V, then the line voltage would be 381 V.
What is the voltage of other two phase of 3 phase system when One phase is open?
If you mean 'phases' and not 'lines', then the loss of a phase has no effect on the voltages provided. You will still obtain three voltages, displaced from each other by 120 degrees.
What is the effective voltage for 3 phase 220 VAC power?
If, by 'effective' voltage, you mean 'root-mean-square' (rms) voltage, then 220 V is already expressed in those terms.Unless otherwise stated, a.c. voltages and currents are always expressed in rms values.
How do you calculate line voltage from phase voltage?
For questions of this type, it seems the main issue may be one of definitions and industry terms. See if this makes sense: Line voltage is a very ambiguous term. For instance, say you are wiring a doorbell transformer. You feed 120V into the primary, and 18V comes out the secondary. The electrician would say the output is "low voltage" and the input is "line voltage". He simply means the building wiring, or "lines". Now, if you go out to the breaker panel, you will measure 120V from each "leg" to neutral, but you can also measure 240V from leg to leg. It's all line voltage. Line voltage simply means the voltage present in that particular power distribution system. Now the power in your house is "single phase" (well, in almost all homes, anyway). Single phase is fine for most anything, but motors are a special case. Motors need something to create a rotating magnetic field to get them turning. Single phase power doesn't have anything to do that, so they need some sort of a gimmick, like a capacitor, to create a "phase shift" to get the rotation. Single phase AC (alternating current) simply means the voltage goes positive then back down to zero, then negative then back up to zero. That's one complete cycle. The cycle is divided into 360 degrees, like a circle. The positive voltage goes from 0 to 180 degrees, and the negative half 180 back to 0. Now 3-phase power has, you guessed it, 3 hot wires. Each hot wire, when paired with a neutral, is a single-phase source. Heres the big difference: Phase A starts its positive cycle. When it is 120 degrees into the cycle, phase B starts going positive. When Phase B is 120 degrees finished with its cycle, phase C starts going positive. When phase C is 120 degrees into its cycle, that's a total of 360 degrees, and phase A is done with one cycle, and the whole process starts over. Picture 3 people doing "the wave" at a football game. Same principle. This time difference, or "phase shift" is what makes 3-phase power unique. 3-phase motors use the phase shift directly to produce the rotating magnetic field they need to turn. Think of 3 people in a circle, tossing a ball around. see the "circular" motion? Now picture two people tossing the ball back and forth. No circular motion there. That's the difference between single-phase and 3 phase. So, electricians use the term "phase" to refer to one of the three hot wires in a 3-phase (also correctly called multiphase or polyphase) power system. The term "phase" voltage is just as ambiguous as "line" voltage. To be accurate, you must specify whether you mean phase-to-phase voltage, or phase-to-neutral voltage. Confused? if you go into a large commercial building with 3-phase power, many times the incoming panel will have voltmeters on the front. In one building, the first meter will be labeled "phase-to-phase voltage", and the second meter will be labeled "phase-to-neutral voltage". Go into the building NEXT DOOR, and the same meters will be labeled "line-to-line voltage" and "line-to-neutral voltage". See? the terms are used pretty interchangably. In a 3-phase system, each phase, leg, or line has the same potential, or voltage (except for a very few wierd and pretty outdated systems). If you measure from phase A to Phase B you will get the same reading as B to C, also the same as C to A. So, measuring any two phases will tell you what the line voltage is, but that motor still needs all 3 phases to get the rotation. To understand the different voltages you find in a 3-phase system, see the related questions for another answer that relates to that subject.
What is called an effective voltage in Alternating current and if you mention 115 V ac 3 phase means peak voltage is 115 or it is an effective voltage?
115 is the RMS voltage. The actual voltage is a sine wave from -167 to +167 relative to ground. RMS stands for root-mean-square, and it a way of saying that 155 Volts of DC would do the same work on the same sized load. There can be up to 3 phases, and they are the sine wave, shifted by a part of the curve. In most houses, there are 2 phases, and the voltage to ground for each is 110 to 120 V RMS. The voltage between the 2 is 230-240VRMS. 3 phase gets very complex. Each phase is 115 to ground or neutral. 3 PHASE 115V AC EACH PHASE IS 120 DEGRES PHASE SHIFTED THE EFFECTIVE VALUE IS .639 X 115 THE PEAK VALUE OF PHASE IS 1.41X RMS VALUE.
What is the difference between phase angle and phase difference?
Although we use the term 'Phase angle' it's also an angle referred to another phasor (voltage or current).For example,conventionally when expressing power factor, we use 'voltage' as the reference. So the 'phase angle' of a particular phasor is the phase difference between our reference (voltage) & the phasor.As the gist, both mean the same except that 'phase angle' is the direction of the phasor w.r.t. positive x direction (reference)..AnswerBy definition, phase angle is the angle by which a load current leads or lags a supply voltage.Phase difference is the angle between any two electical quantities -for example, the angle two phase voltages of a three-phase system.
