wiring in Equador

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Hello, I am going on a Christian Mission trip to Equador in November. The area we will be serving in along the coast of north west Equador. It just so "happens" (as if anything in life is happenstance ?) that we will be working on rebuilding a small church building in a small community called El Roto, which means "broken place" or "torn up place" . They have sustained considerable earthquake damage.

i am looking for any information I can find on wiring in Equador, so if you have done or know of websites for information I would appreciate any input I can get. So far what I have found is that they use a 120v system, which is the same as our single phase residential. I cant seem to find any info as to whether it is 120/240 or if they even have a grounded system. Again, if anyone can help, it would be appreciated

God Bless you all, appreciate reading the forum

Dan
 
I'll wager a plane ticket to Ecuador that it's a 120/240V grounded system like ours. A long time ago someone on this site had posted a map of the worlds power system.

My wife likes to watch House Hunters and one of the episodes was in Ecuador. After watching it I really want to go there.
 
Dan W said:
Hello, I am going on a Christian Mission trip to Equador in November. The area we will be serving in along the coast of north west Equador. It just so "happens" (as if anything in life is happenstance ?) that we will be working on rebuilding a small church building in a small community called El Roto, which means "broken place" or "torn up place" . They have sustained considerable earthquake damage.

i am looking for any information I can find on wiring in Equador, so if you have done or know of websites for information I would appreciate any input I can get. So far what I have found is that they use a 120v system, which is the same as our single phase residential. I cant seem to find any info as to whether it is 120/240 or if they even have a grounded system. Again, if anyone can help, it would be appreciated

God Bless you all, appreciate reading the forum

Dan
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ActionDave is right that it was posted here before, I want to say mbrooke put it up??? Maybe he will see this.

Anyway IIRC, their single phase stuff is 120 exclusively(?) but their 3ph is like 208/230. I think the frequency is 50 instead of our 60hz- don't hold me to that though,
 
I just got back from vacation to Ecuador last week. The 120 volt receptacles were like ours (5-15) and our stuff worked, did not investigate any further.

And they use American dollars!
 
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ActionDave is right that it was posted here before, I want to say mbrooke put it up??? Maybe he will see this.

Anyway IIRC, their single phase stuff is 120 exclusively(?) but their 3ph is like 208/230. I think the frequency is 50 instead of our 60hz- don't hold me to that though,
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208 and 230 will not exist in the same system at least not with simple transformers that only have at most a center tap on each coil.

You could be thinking of 415/240 or 400/230 volt three phase wye system maybe? Places that have those typically are 50Hz systems AFAIK.
 
kwired said:
208 and 230 will not exist in the same system at least not with simple transformers that only have at most a center tap on each coil.

You could be thinking of 415/240 or 400/230 volt three phase wye system maybe? Places that have those typically are 50Hz systems AFAIK.
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Like I said, don't hold me to it:D

Went ahead and looked it up-
Ecuadors single phase is 120/127 and 3ph is 208/220 at 60hz, (not 50) according to some of the simple international reference charts. Of course those may not show all that is available in certain countries or could be entirely wrong like I was.:)
 
user 100 said:
Like I said, don't hold me to it:D

Went ahead and looked it up-
Ecuadors single phase is 120/127 and 3ph is 208/220 at 60hz, (not 50) according to some of the simple international reference charts. Of course those may not show all that is available in certain countries or could be entirely wrong like I was.:)
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I think there must be some misunderstanding on what those numbers mean as there is no such system that has both 120 and 127 volts or 208 and 220 volts.

My guess is they have primarily two three phase systems both would be a wye system one being 208/120 the other being 220/127. You could still run single phase loads from those at either 208 or 220 volts as well as 120 or 127 volts. I would imagine they also have in any larger load facilities a 480/277 or maybe 415/240 systems.

If you receive single phase only service from the utility provider it may not be 120/240 like it usually is here, it may be just straight 120 volts, or it may be just one phase and neutral of a 220/127 wye system.
 
kwired said:
I think there must be some misunderstanding.....
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There sure is- I only repeated here what was posted on a couple of those charts- one of which was from Jaybird mfg online, and shows that countrys single and 3ph exactly as I posted. The link from Iwire seems to match w/ mbrooke and Tony S's links, so the other chart from Jaybird is apparently incorrect and/or incomplete......

Anyway, their system is apparently very identical to ours, and the concerns of the op have probably been answered with the links but there is a book by Bill Drury- Control Techniques Drives and Controls handbook that has some good info about the international standards and systems used by different nations (incl Ecuador).
 
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I see most of the country is south of the equator - three phase rotation is probably the opposite direction there:D
 
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