kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
- Occupation
- EC
Is not really a normal practice to connect something to two phases but have the controls be the only thing connected to a third phase.Is this a decent explanation to explain for someone to understand
You can connect the equipment to a 3 Phase Breaker
But internally we do not know how the control circuit is wired.
The equipment internally can be Connected to Phase A and B to run the equipment and then Phase C is the control wiring. If this is the case, then the equipment will not work.
But if the equipment internally can be Connected to Phase B and C and then Phase A is the control wiring, then the equipment will work.
To determine this, you would typically require access to the equipment schematics to understand the precise connection of the control circuit.
Is common to have two or three ungrounded conductors and sometimes include a grounded conductor in a supply circuit and tap the controls from any two conductors depending on voltage required by control circuit. A lot of industrial type equipment simply uses a control transformer with primary side connected to any two ungrounded supply conductors. That situation eliminates any concern of whether or not a high leg is even involved, or even doesn't matter if supplied by corner ground or ungrounded delta systems.