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Author Re: 762 volt service
phil-news-nospam@ipal.net

2007-01-16, 5:25 pm

On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:42:59 +0000 (UTC) Michael Moroney <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> wrote:
| "Long Ranger" <worpylorp@mindspring.com> writes:
|
|>simplest solution. I have had excellent results using some rather primitive,
|>yet robust equipment manufactured by "Delta Surge Arrestors".
|>http://www.deltala.com/ These guys make surge and lightening arrestors and
|>a bunch of other stuff. Very cheap, very effective, and robust.
|
| I noticed from their website they make arrestors for 762 volt service
| "for 762 Volt Oilfield Applications" I never heard of such service.
| A while back there was a topic for different types of services available.
| Here's another one.
|
| It makes sense, sort of, if the 762V is phase-phase, the phase-neutral
| voltage would be 440 volts. You could use 440 volt delta connected
| motors or other devices if rewired in a wye configuration.
|
| Not sure why it's not shown as 831 volts (phase-neutral 480V).

Probably for traditional reasons like you see a lot of stuff listed as
440 volts or 460 volts instead of 480 volts.

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