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Old 04-23-2017, 06:45 AM   #15
Larry M
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Originally Posted by Bay Pelican View Post
...The key difference is that the North American 220/240 has two load wires which can be split into 120/110 legs whereas all the power for the European system comes in one load wire, thus 220/240v European needs to either be reduced (step down transformer) or run through an isolation transformer to "convert" it to two legs of 120/110 each...
This is a pretty good explanation with diagrams.

https://www.bluesea.com/support/arti...pean_AC_Panels
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