3 phase electricity

[saniya]

Hi Joe,

Can you please explain how 3 phase electricity works? And I dont get how you can synchronize the stator coils in a generator and those in a motor to produce it....

Thanks heaps!

[joe]

Three coils at 120° will produce it in a generator. For an explanation, see
http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/power.html

Joe