From: phoney@physco.invalid.net   
      
   wrote in message news:171c3hlcv1e5ksr6j0sh0ie1vqfqnvsech@4ax.com...   
   >   
   >On Sat, 19 Mar 2022 16:18:39 +0000, LON484   
   ><0f8503901d844703eea1acecb7a4938a_2858@example.com> wrote:   
   >   
   >>I just had a new circuit installed for a dryer. I was told it was 240 volt   
   >>but   
   >>I'm having doubts. Would I be able to tell from the panel? The following   
   >>is an   
   >>excerpt from my building's electrical specifications. The building has   
   >>10-20   
   >>apartments:   
   >>   
   >>"From a service end box, electrical feeders connect to a service switch   
   >>which   
   >>provides power to the building’s residential systems. The   
   service   
   >>switch   
   >>is a three-phase, four-wire 208/120 volt switch rated for 600 amperes. The   
   >>service switch conducts power to the residential electrical meter bank.   
   >>Each   
   >>residential unit is provided with a dedicated feeder Each dedicated feeder   
   >>then conducts power at one-phase, three-wire 208/120 volt to local   
   >>distribution panelboards located in each residential unit."   
   >>   
   >>Sounds to me like I can only get 208 volts, but if power to my unit is   
   >>only   
   >>provided at one phase, I'm confused as to why it would be 208 volts, which   
   >>I   
   >>thought was a voltage between phases.   
   >>   
   >>Is it even possible for me to have a 240-volt circuit in my unit based on   
   >>the   
   >>above description?   
   >   
   >It sounds like you have single phase 120/208 derived from 3 phase wye.   
   >It is not uncommon in multifamily.  The only way you would get 240 is   
   >if the building was wired 3p center grounded delta and that would be   
   >rare in your situation.  Your dryer should work, that answer is in the   
   >electrical requirements in the installation manual but it will dry   
   >slower.   
      
   I really doubt the drying time will be noticeably slower, if at all.   
      
      
      
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