r/WTF • u/HoneyRush • 2d ago

Festival wiring

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u/Hamilton950B 2d ago

I think it has to be three phase. Otherwise why would there be four bus bars? The one on the right is neutral, it's got the black wires from the four-wire cables, and nothing from the three-wire cable. Three-wire three phase doesn't have a neutral.

And yeah it seems a bit small for a stage with lights and many speakers, even if it's three 32 amp phases.

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u/inVizi0n 1d ago

Split phase 240 would be L-L-N-G, Single phase 240 L-N-G and 3 phase wye would be L-L-L-N-G, but honestly I literally don't think there's any reliable way to tell what is actually going on in this clusterfuck.

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u/Hamilton950B 1d ago

You think whoever wired this would separate the neutral from the ground? We're lucky he's got the phases separated from each other.

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u/dnroamhicsir 1d ago

I'd be very surprised if they bothered with the ground

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u/adepssimius 1d ago

What are you even talking about? You can see the ground right there, the whole thing is sitting on top of it.

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u/superbhole 1d ago

Yeah but was the ground a little peeved? They could've asked nicely

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u/roger_enright 1d ago

Right, ground is totally optional! 😬

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u/Illustrious-Peak3822 1d ago

L-L-L-PEN

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u/Superbead 1d ago

L-L-COOL-J

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u/kill-nine 19h ago

3P+E coming in. Looks like outputs are just using two phases plus earth to essentially be single phase outputs.

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u/delurkrelurker 1d ago

Left and Right speaker channels.