Does anyone else have problems when they hear people call 120/240 1p "split phase" or even "2 phase"?
Yikes it sets my teeth on edge.
The problem is even Wikipedia and a few panel manufacturers use the term split phase in their documentation.
Split phase is one way to wire a motor and there is only one phase in your household panel with 2 ungrounded conductors derived from one 240v secondary that just happens to have a grounded center tap. It is simply single phase, nothing else.
... or am I just being too pedantic?
it drives me crazy, i don't trust anyone that calls it that with electrical work.
its signle phase
also calling a "leg" a "phase" drives me crazy, it takes two legs to create a phase, a phase is not a leg, a leg is not a phase and yes ground is a leg in a grounded system
