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   bud-- to trader4@optonline.net   
   Re: I invented a 2-phase DC battery pack   
   03 Dec 13 11:07:05   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: null@void.com   
      
   On 12/3/2013 8:25 AM, trader4@optonline.net wrote:   
   >   
   > And I'm still waiting for an answer why a system with   
   > two phases that differ by 90 deg is acknowledged by everyone to have two   
   > phases.  If they differ by 240 deg, that's two phase right?  If they   
   > differ by 170 deg, that must be two phases, right?  So, what magically   
   > happens when they differ by 180 deg that suddenly there are no longer two   
   > phases?   And how do the electrons know?   
   >   
      
   For a garden variety split-phase supply (240/120V from a transformer   
   with a centertap) are there 2 "phases"?   
      
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