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<blockquote data-quote="Arik Semagin" data-source="post: 115585" data-attributes="member: 5072">Re: X32 v2 RTAWrong. They are not. Sorry for stating known facts, but:&quot;Single-phase&quot; building (single-family house for example) has four wires coming in after the utility company transformer (referring to North American 120V system):- one hot (phase) wire, black- another hot (phase) wire, red- Neutral wire (white)- Ground wire (green)You get 120V between one of hots and neutral. Between two hots you&#039;ll get 240V (plus or minus, your electric range, dryer and things like that).Black and Red are NOT on the same leg/phase. It&#039;s usually recommended to use the same leg/phase for sound equipment (and another for lighting). But you never assume that if the outlets are in the same single-phase building, then they are on the same phase. Practical way to test it is to measure voltage between hot terminals of outlets in question. Near-zero means they are on the same phase, something above 200V means they are not.TJ, please correct me if I&#039;m wrong. I was doing commercial electrical work years ago, so I believe I know a thing or two about electricity in the buildings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arik Semagin, post: 115585, member: 5072"] Re: X32 v2 RTA Wrong. They are not. Sorry for stating known facts, but: "Single-phase" building (single-family house for example) has four wires coming in after the utility company transformer (referring to North American 120V system): - one hot (phase) wire, black - another hot (phase) wire, red - Neutral wire (white) - Ground wire (green) You get 120V between one of hots and neutral. Between two hots you'll get 240V (plus or minus, your electric range, dryer and things like that). Black and Red are [B]NOT[/B] on the same leg/phase. It's usually recommended to use the same leg/phase for sound equipment (and another for lighting). But you never assume that if the outlets are in the same single-phase building, then they are on the same phase. Practical way to test it is to measure voltage between hot terminals of outlets in question. Near-zero means they are on the same phase, something above 200V means they are not. TJ, please correct me if I'm wrong. I was doing commercial electrical work years ago, so I believe I know a thing or two about electricity in the buildings. [/QUOTE]

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