Live and neutral pins of Ultra

[Deleted member 20976]

Yes here in the Netherlands as well. Most houses have 3 phase coming in. The main electrical panel (main fuses and meter) has 3x 25amp fuses so the whole system has a 17K watt capacity and that is the standard "lowest" main connection to choose from.

 

[Deleted member 20976]

A friend of mine living in a somewhat older house (1972) was one of the last in his street having a single phase connection coming in while most of his neighbors already had 3 phase. He installed an electric cook top and new electric oven and having only 1x40amp that was not enough (max 9KW) for the whole house including washing machine, dryer and such. The electric company then upgraded the rest of the few houses that had not upgraded yet free of charge to 3x25amp. The old wires in the ground where removed afterwards.

 

[Ivan]

I live in Europe, Italy to be exact, and we have mono (in houses).

 

[slartibartfast]

I live in Europe, Italy to be exact, and we have mono (in houses).

IIRC Italy also has strange plugs. I was surprised when I stayed in a hotel at Lake Garda. The hotel reception were handing out lots of adaptors

 

[Ivan]

In Italy we have, like most of Europe, the usual type C (with 2 pins) and the Type F (Schuko).
And We still have something with the tipe L (it's like a C but with another pin between the other 2).
Nothing much different from the rest of Europe.

 

[slartibartfast]

In Italy we have, like most of Europe, the usual type C (with 2 pins) and the Type F (Schuko).
And We still have something with the tipe L (it's like a C but with another pin between the other 2).
Nothing much different from the rest of Europe.

I think it was the type L

 

[hgo58]

 

[Ivan]

Yes, exactly.
But it's rare nowadays.
Almost everywhere we have C and F

 

[Deleted member 18192]

 

[Valentino]

Reminds me of a colleague of mine who had been electrician on a submarine. He didn’t have his wedding ring anymore but he did have the scar it left as it vaporized.