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Re:Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use T... by ianburrell on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @02:18PM (#38712457)
What the US has is split phase power, when one phase is 240V and that is split to make two 120V legs. NACS supports single phase power, either 120V (Level 1) or 240V (Level 2).

There is no such thing as two-phase power, there is single-phase or three-phase. Since three-phase is better than two-phase.

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Re:Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi finally say they will use T... by tempestn on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @08:03PM (#38715863)
You can look at it either way. "Phase" literally means the offset of the waveforms. With 3-phase, each of the phases is 120° out of sync. With split phase, you can look at it as a single, 240V phase with neutral in the middle, allowing it to be split into two 120V halves. Or you could look at it as two 120V phases, 180° out of sync, such that the difference between them is therefore 240V.
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