european 230v receptacle

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LarrywdH

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anyone from Europe familiar with 230v receptacle wiring requirements?
We need to add a 230v receptacle to a machine control panel headed for poland, What little I can find shows a hot, neutral and ground, so I plan on grounding one of the transformer secondary 230v leads at the transformer, much like I would if I was doing a 120v neutral, but just can't find much on the internet to verify if they do anything differently over there.
thanks
 
LarrywdH said:
anyone from Europe familiar with 230v receptacle wiring requirements?
We need to add a 230v receptacle to a machine control panel headed for poland, What little I can find shows a hot, neutral and ground, so I plan on grounding one of the transformer secondary 230v leads at the transformer, much like I would if I was doing a 120v neutral, but just can't find much on the internet to verify if they do anything differently over there.
thanks
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Live, neutral, and earth (ground).
 
What is the transformer for?

You have to understand that if they have a 400V system, it is almost ALWAYS a 4 wire system, so 400V Line to Neutral is 230V. There would be no reason for a transformer at all.
 
Jraef said:
What is the transformer for?

You have to understand that if they have a 400V system, it is almost ALWAYS a 4 wire system, so 400V Line to Neutral is 230V. There would be no reason for a transformer at all.
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Good point if I may say so.
 
What receptacle are you using? They can be a bit hard to find over here. I have some panel mount hinged cover IP54 Schuko if you need one....
 
LarrywdH said:
I'll speak with the project manager to inquire about the possible 4 wire feed, We build the machine control panels with a transformer because it's standard procedure....
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It isn't a standard here in the UK just for isolation. If you need to transform form it to a different voltage that's a different matter but, as far as I'm aware you are not doing that.
 
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