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In Europe the wiring in the ground is always 3 phase, they just connect only 1 phase. You can upgrade to 3 phase for a fee and then a guy comes and switches it
by RedShift1 3y ago
In Europe the wiring in the ground is always 3 phase, they just connect only 1 phase. You can upgrade to 3 phase for a fee and then a guy comes and switches it over. They don't need to open up the streets or anything like that to get you 3 phase power.
- justincormack 3y agoNot always - I live in the countryside in the UK and we seem to have single phase sadly.
- youngtaff 3y agoTends we live in a row of cottages and the phase is split between us so every third house is on the same phase Pretty sure that’s standard for the UK
- Wildgoose 3y agoIt is. I remember when we had a power cut and when I went outside I could see that only a single phase had been lost - every third house had gone dark, the rest remaining lit. I reported it and it was sorted pretty quickly.
- gambiting 3y agoNearly everywhere in UK has only a single phase supply, it's how the grid in this country is designed.
- Symbiote 3y agoHouses in the UK are connected to a single phase, but a three phase supply is available if it's needed — the cable is in the street, though digging a new trench to connect to it is often costly. Larger users are presumably connected with three phases by default — that primary school in the middle of the housing estate, the retirement home that has several lifts, not-tiny shops, the small block of flats etc.