{"id":4429,"date":"2022-07-11T05:38:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T05:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/?p=4429"},"modified":"2022-07-15T05:10:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T05:10:50","slug":"single-phase-or-three-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/blog\/single-phase-or-three-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Phase or Three Phase?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Single phase<\/strong>&nbsp;power.&nbsp;<strong>Household<\/strong>&nbsp;use, safer, less efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"445\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/e-phase1f978f8d761b84f14855bdc55eb9a8ef5.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4430\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Three phase<\/strong>&nbsp;power.&nbsp;<strong>Commercial\/Industrial<\/strong>&nbsp;use, 73% more efficient, more expensive to install, motors last longer, speed control is better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3-PHASE-WAVE-FORM-3-300x232-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4431\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The horizonal line in the center is zero\/off\/no power. As you can see, in<strong>&nbsp;single phase<\/strong>, power output drops to zero then to full then back again. Three phase power never falls to zero. It only falls to 73% of full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Three phase power<\/strong>&nbsp;is not allowed for household use. The highly efficient overlapping power band is dangerous. If someone grips a cable energized by three phase it is very difficult to let go. Short circuits are more dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more information or to request a free estimate click here:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clintnelson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.pacificstarelectric.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Single phase&nbsp;power.&nbsp;Household&nbsp;use, safer, less efficient. Three phase&nbsp;power.&nbsp;Commercial\/Industrial&nbsp;use, 73% more efficient, more expensive to install, motors last longer, speed control is better. The horizonal line in the center is zero\/off\/no power. As you can see, in&nbsp;single phase, power output drops to zero then to full then back again. Three phase power never falls to zero. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-additions","category-renovations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4437,"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4429\/revisions\/4437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacificstarelectric.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}