In alt.engineering.electrical Arfa Daily wrote:
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| "jakdedert" wrote in message
| . ..
| Jamie wrote:
| hr(bob) wrote:
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| On Apr 26, 6:14 pm, Jamie
| t wrote:
|
| Deodiaus wrote:
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| I have a broken pool motor [magnetek y56y] which will cost a bundle to
| fix
| or repair.
| While doing a search on the web, I found the same model (really cheap)
| but
| wired for 280V, instead of the 230 V load that my wiring is supplies.
| Now, I was thinking of buying the cheap 280V model and installing it
| instead. Aside from rotating at a different speed and
| maybe some power inefficiencies, are there any other drawbacks of
| using the 280V model
| instead?
|
| are you sure it isn't 208 ?
|
| --http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5"
|
|
| I'd be suspicious that the 280V was a misreading somehow of 230V.
| that sounds more plausible.
|
| I'm a little confused about a 230 volt circuit. In what part of the world
| does the utility supply 230v?
|
| jak
|
| In theory, it's 230 on a single phase - neutral circuit here in the UK now,
| but in practice, it's actually nearer the previously accepted 240v for the
| most part ...

Is the grounded conductor in a 2-wire 230/240 volt system fed to each home
referred to as "neutral" even in UK?

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