"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:446ug25021tfop7s5subiukp8aqidsnkl8@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:43:50 +0000 (UTC), in alt.internet.wireless ,
> dold@XReXXPower.usenet.us.com wrote:
>
> >Peter Pan <PeterPanNOSPAM@akamailnospam.com> wrote:
> >> In my location (Rural area, 10 acre parcels), my neighbor to the north
> >> (about 1/2 mile away, but on the same power transformer), and the 6
> >> buildings on his property (various sons/daughters/in laws/etc), same to
> >> the south, but only two houses (father and son), were all on the same
> >> network (I had sat internet, no cable or dsl, and shared it with the
> >
> >Your neighbor, 1/2 mile away, is on the same transformer?
>
> The whole of my street, some 50-100 semidetached properties, is on the
> same transformer, and most of us are on the same phase.

its easier to do this in the UK, since the higher mains voltage (240v vs
110v in the US) means you dont need so much copper for the same power output
and "sag" on the supply...

but here it is supposed to be adjacent houses on different phases -
supposedly to even out the load across the phases.

i guess power cable is cheaper than more transformers?
>
> On the other hand when I was in the wilds of Yorkshire, each house had
> its own transformer, and we had all three phases all to ourselves.
>
> --
> Mark McIntyre
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