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There have been testers around to do this sort of test, for years.
I note that a number of two probe testers give a Phase Rotation reading on them, in the form of a circular arrow on an LCD screen.
Could someone please correct my way of thinking, in so much as,I was under the impression, to effect a decent 3 Phase Rotation test, you had to have a tester that would connect to and test all 3 of the phases.
The question I ask, is this, how can a 2 probe tester do the same job as a 3 Clamp tester?
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I cannot imagine a wiring configuration with only two phases that would tell a phase rotation for all three. Could you share a product manufacturer and model? This one has three wires connected. http://www.traknet.com/wei/aemc9.html My understanding is many rotation testers are really small induction motors that rotate in a direction relative to the phase rotation measured/applied. Maybe an electronic meter could see phases AB, determine that they are 120 deg out of phase and assume that the third phase is either before the A or after the B, resulting in clockwise rotation either way ABC or CAB. [This message has been edited by Ron (edited 08-13-2004).]
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Hmmm..... I don't recall ever seeing a two-probe tester, but I don't get involved with 3-phase much.
Let's say you connected to two phases, A and B. There are only two basic possibilities no matter which two of the three phases you picked at random:
#1. A leads B by 120 degrees. Therefore C must lag B by 120 and lead A by 120 deg.
#2. A lags B by 120 degrees. Therefore C must lead B by 120 deg. and lag A by 120 deg.
So as I see it, you could prove rotation in this way.
However......
You would still need three connections to be able to get a reference point for A and B.
In the case of, say a British/NZ 415Y/240-volt system, we know that A and B are 240V to ground. But unless you have a third reference point, you have no way to determine which lags or leads the other with respect to ground.
Any instrument connected solely across A and B with no other point of reference will see only a simple 415V RMS sinusoidal waveform, nothing more.
A suitably sensitive device might be able to use capacitive coupling to the user's hand to obtain a ground reference. That's the only way I can think of.
[This message has been edited by pauluk (edited 08-13-2004).]
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I don’t think phase sequence can be defined with less than three connections. Trumpy, do the red, cylindrical testers {forgot the brand} you spoke of use three leads for phase sequence tests?
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The Ideal, Greenlee and Amprobe testers all have 3 leads... I too am cornfuzed...
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Bjarney, the information about the Duspol tester, that uses 2 probes to effect a Phase-sequence test can be found at this site: =http://www.benning.de.paus-service.de/cmsfiles/784314_duspol_gb.pdf http://www.benning.de.paus-service.de/cmsfiles/784314_duspol_gb.pdf Edit: Bad link! [This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 08-18-2004).] [This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 08-18-2004).]
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Mike, Is this the one ? Don
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Try this link I've seen these testers too and never understood how they work.
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bj,
But the tester only has two leads.
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