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I have a 1200 amp.600v 3 phase power supply for temporary power on a large constuction project. Is the amperage load based on 1200 amps per phase or 1200 amps for the total panel?
 
If it's truly 600 volt, you have 1247 kw how ever you want to distribute it.
Each phase can carry 1200 amps but no phase can carry over 1200.
 
Please let me offer the suggestion that it would be helpful if you would drop the phrases "amps per phase" and "total amps" from your vocabulary. They will only cause confusion. Phase A can have 1200 amps, and Phase B can have 1200 amps, and Phase C can have 1200 amps, all at the same time, and the total amps on the panel will be 1200.
 
augie47 said:
If it's truly 600 volt, you have 1247 kw how ever you want to distribute it.
Each phase can carry 1200 amps but no phase can carry over 1200.
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Note that Gus's second statement limits the first one.


Sorry, Gus. The first statement cannot stand alone.
 
Larry, Being 600 volt is a bit unusual to me, but, the point I was trying to get across is he has 1200 amps per phase. The problem I see is if he was dealing with single phase loads he could load Phase A (and Neutral if used) to 1200 amps, or, if no neutral, phase A-B to say 900 amps, but then he could only load C-B to 300, or A-B-C to 300
 
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