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Date:         Fri, 16 May 2014 19:39:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Project Pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
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From:         Project Pat <psdooley@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Off topic Friday question on switches...
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Yeah I'm pretty sure it's all single phase, just a different amplitude.
Voltage being the amplitude, but the sine wave carrying the same basic shape
with respect to time.


-----Original Message-----
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David Beierl
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 7:05 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Off topic Friday question on switches...


At 06:43 PM 5/16/2014, Gnarlodious wrote:
>Modern homes have 2-phase service to run resistive loads like clothes
>dryers or water heaters, which use a special huge socket. The service box
>is 2-phase but wired for single-phase loads. Except for the dryer and oven,
>which tap across 2 phases. You won't find any large inductive loads in
>residential homes
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