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    3-Phase To 120-240V

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    The document discusses providing 120/240V power from a 3-phase supply. Using a center tapped transformer can only provide a small amount of power. Simply using a 3-phase transformer only provides 208V, which can damage equipment. The better solution is to use three single phase transformers arranged in a special way to provide true 120/240V power balanced across phases.

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    3-Phase To 120-240V

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    The document discusses providing 120/240V power from a 3-phase supply. Using a center tapped transformer can only provide a small amount of power. Simply using a 3-phase transformer only provides 208V, which can damage equipment. The better solution is to use three single phase transformers arranged in a special way to provide true 120/240V power balanced across phases.

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    The document discusses providing 120/240V power from a 3-phase supply. Using a center tapped transformer can only provide a small amount of power. Simply using a 3-phase transformer only provides 208V, which can damage equipment. The better solution is to use three single phase transformers arranged in a special way to provide true 120/240V power balanced across phases.

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    3-Phase To 120-240V

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    Mohammad Asif
    The document discusses providing 120/240V power from a 3-phase supply. Using a center tapped transformer can only provide a small amount of power. Simply using a 3-phase transformer only provides 208V, which can damage equipment. The better solution is to use three single phase transformers arranged in a special way to provide true 120/240V power balanced across phases.

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    Typical Solutions, such as a centre tapped 240V Delta leg, called the lighting tap can only provide 5% of the Transformers KVA rating for each of the two 120V outputs, thus only suitable for small amounts of 120/240V. Simply using a 3-phase Transformer can provide 120V, but not 240V, the high voltage ends up at only 208V supply, even lower when it gets to equipment such as Air-conditioners, which can be damaged by low voltages. Both of these options can seriously unbalance Generators. The Better Solution for 120 / 240V from a 3-phase supply Is to use 3 Standard, Off-the-Shelf Single phase 240x480-120/240V Transformers. Arranged for the typical 3-phase Delta Input of 480V or 240V as available. But the 2x three Secondaries, interconnect in a simple but special way, that not only provided true, proper 120 / 240V 3-wire supplies, but also balances all 120V and 240V equally across all three supply phases. This allows as much 3-phase supply % as the 120 / 240V load requires. This is very good for Generators. This also maintains simple, standard 120 / 240V Distribution board layouts. Modern Generators have been doing this exact same thing for over 20 years.
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