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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by askvictor on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @05:46PM (#37314576)
Nice over-provisioning; I doubt the gas shortage or electric cars were on the radar when 3 phase became the norm...

How are loads balanced to phases in a standalone house?

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Re:Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? by mschuster91 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @02:57AM (#37318576)
Usually the circuit breakers are sequentially assigned to phases with wiring blocks [1].

In the end load more or less averages out across all the individual grid users.

[1] https://www.zaehlerschrank24.de/phasenschiene-kdn363f-3-poli...

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