Electric Power/Utilities

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2009-11-21 Electric Power & Utilities - Energy losses:

Hi John - When electricity leaves a power plant and is transmitted hundreds of miles over high voltage lines, finally being reduced in voltage and distributed to our homes, industry, and businesses, the

2009-11-19 Electric Power & Utilities - Power cord replacement for AJAX motor:

From what I can gather, this is a single phase motor, that is connected for 230 volts. The numbers should be, #1, and #4&5, or #4&8, depending on the rotation. Your lines will connect as follows, black

2009-11-17 Electric Power & Utilities - Wiring for hot tub:

Jarrod... On it's face, yes. Provide seperate ground bars in the two sub-panels. Do not bond the neutral bars in the sub panels. Are the garages detached from the house? If yes, additional grounding

2009-11-12 Electric Power & Utilities - Supercritical Boiler Efficiency:

Scott - It all boils down to (no puns!) ... All right, it all depends on temperature. In the ideal Carnot heat engine of classical thermodynamics, the greater the difference between the average temperature

2009-11-12 Electric Power & Utilities - 220 power:

Hi, Bill..... My guess is yes, it will work on your 208 or 240.....BUT....... I'm curious. In the photo, the bridge wire goes from the lower 0 post to the upper 110 post, then to a wire in the cord