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Re:Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher ... by hydrogen18 on Sunday March 05, 2017 @03:24PM (#13798356)
You can't "take in 3 phase and output single phase". That's not how a transformer works. It'd be amazing if it did, as in Nobel Prize winning.

In the US most homes are just tapped to 1 phase, if there are 3 on the pole.

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Re:Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher ... by gfisher on Sunday March 05, 2017 @04:27PM (#13798782)
Yeah, you are right. I think what they were trying to say is that the transformers are fed on the high side by one of three phases (as is typical), and that the residential step-down is a split phase 120/240.
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Re:Electronic meters’ false readings up to six times higher ... by hydrogen18 on Monday March 06, 2017 @08:30AM (#13802474)
Yes, that is the normal configuration for power delivery to a residence in most of North America.
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