How to Identify Single Phase or Three Phase Power Supply

Always remember that there is a limit to how large your solar power system can be installed. Before installing the solar power system, kindly determine the phase of power at your property where you wish to install the system. The future Solar WA team has mentioned 2 easy steps for you so as to find out whether you have single or three-phase power at your home.

1. Locate your switchboard

The first step is to look out on your switchboard to find out if you have a single-phase or three-phase power. A switchboard is a circuit that controls the flow of electrical power, circuit breakers, and other power equipment. The switchboard basically looks like a single large panel that has various switches in it.

Usually, the switchboards in the residential place are located or can be seen near the entrance of the house or in the garage. On the other hand, in commercial places, the switchboard can be seen as located within the main premises of the building. They might be located near the meter board but not so necessarily.

2. Check out the circuit breakers

If you will see your switchboard, you will notice that there are multiple circuit breakers. So the next step is to find out that if you have a single phase or three-phase power by checking at your circuit breakers.

Basically, a circuit breaker is used to prevent damages if caused due to any electrical emergency and is a self-operating switch. It makes sure that you have proper safety from any mishappening. You can easily determine the power phase through the circuit breaker that is labeled as the “main switch” depending on its width. A single-phase switch will consist width of a single pole, on the other hand, a three-phase switch consists width of three poles.

What about the two-phase power?

In Western Australia, you can find two-phase power is very common. To determine the two-phase power, the same steps are followed and the main switch will consist width of two poles.

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