In the Philippines the power plugs and sockets are of type A, B and C. The standard voltage is V and the standard frequency is 60 Hz. Check out the following pictures. When living in the United States of America you need a power plug adapter for sockets type C. We recommend you to pack a 3 to 2 prong adapter in case type B sockets are not available.
We don't sell power plug adapters. We refer you to Amazon, where you will find a great selection of travel adapters. You can seriously damage your appliances. You need a voltage converter in the Philippines, when living in the United States of America! If the V appliance is connected to a V power supply, the power may quadruple at the moment the appliance switched on, and the appliance will quickly operate in an overvoltage condition. It may be accompanied by smoke and flash, or the fuse will melt and the protection part will be damaged.
When v wiring is used, less current is required than with v wiring. Power is measured in watts. Thus, to achieve watts of power, 4. Plus higher voltage means lower transmission loss , so even transmission loss is higher in volts. It is much cheaper to wire and install electrical service and power at V than V. No difference in Electric shocks. They supply power to electrical outlets. One and only one of the lugs "should" also have a second bare copper wire connected to it with the other wire and this bare wire will run down the pole to a ground rod at the base of the pole.
The 2 large wires running to each house service drop will have the hot wire insulated and the other neutral may be bare or insulated. After passing through the electric meter these wires go to your fuse or breaker box. The hot wire will connect to the supply buss where the fuses or breakers are.
The neutral wire will connect to the neutral buss which is directly mounted to the metal box. From the fuse or breaker box there will be one black volt hot wire from the fuse or breaker and one white neutral wire from the neutral buss for each circuit. This is what you should have in the majority of the simple Philippine 2 wire systems, please take note of the above Ideally and Should.
This keeps the transformer secondary from floating: the neutral wire at zero volts and the hot wire about volts, depending on the service company's supply voltage. The neutral wire will be at zero volts because it is connected to ground. If you have anything other than zero volts, you have a loose, dirty, or missing connection to the ground rod; or you are using your volt meter incorrectly which is not unusual.
This keeps the metal parts of the electric system and appliances at zero volts. The same Zero volts your human body is, so no shocks. It's purpose is to keep all metal parts of the system and metal parts of the appliances at zero volts, and to trip the breaker or blow the fuse and shut the circuit down in the case of a fault.
As for fuses or breakers, there should be one, and only one, in each circuit and it should be in the hot wire. I have seen a fuse in the neutral a lot in the Philippines and some old installations in the US.
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