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Originally Posted by jeffba
2.4kV?!?!!? where can I get a 2.4kV dryer? talk about poof and clothes are dry!!
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The 2.4kV is what you might expect on the overhead power lines running thru your neighborhood. The transformer in the diagram would be that transformer at the top of the power pole. And the 120/240 wires would be the wiring runnng from that transformer into your house, or to an RV park, or most any other structure using normal line voltages.
Actually the neighborhood power lines can vary by thousands of volts depending on the area and sometimes the age of the system. And those power lines on the tall metal towers? Those are in the hundreds of thousands of voltage, especially the long cross country transmission lines with a few of those reaching a million volts!
Those voltages are gradually stepped down as they pass thru multiple substations in their travel to your home.