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Default How does the typical mains power connect in the USA anyway?

On 11/17/2013 08:42 PM, Danny D'Amico wrote:
Here is a picture of the incoming wires to my main circuit breaker:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2886/1...21cf1404_o.gif

If we follow those three wires*back* to the nearest transformer, what
do they look like (in terms of phase relationship to each other)?


180 out of phase aka 2-phase or split-phase.