Although single-phase power is more common today, three-phase power is still chosen as the power source of choice for many different types of applications. The generator of the power station provides three-phase electricity. This is a way to provide three times the power along three wires, and power can be supplied through two wires without having to increase the thickness of the wires. It is commonly used in industry to drive motors and other equipment.
In its essence, three-phase electricity is smoother than single-phase or two-phase electricity. It is this more consistent power that allows machines to operate more efficiently and have a longer life than related machines operating in other stages. Some applications can work with three-phase power, but these methods are not suitable for single-phase power at all.
Please note that since three-phase electricity is rarely used for household purposes, the following table is only relevant for electricians, electrical engineers and other technicians.
Country/Area/City | 3 phases power (Industry type) | Frequency (Hz) | Qty. of Cable (Exclude GND) |
Abu Dhabi | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Afghanistan | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Albania | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Algeria | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
American Samoa | 208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Andorra | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Angola | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Anguilla | 120/208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
127/220 V | |||
240/415 V | |||
Antigua and Barbuda | 400 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Argentina | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Armenia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Aruba | 220V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Australia | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Austria | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Azerbaijan | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Azores | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Bahamas | 208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Bahrain | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Balearic Islands | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Bangladesh | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Barbados | 200 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Belarus | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Belgium | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Belize | 190 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
380 V | |||
Benin | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Bermuda | 208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Bhutan | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Bolivia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Bonaire | 220V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Botswana | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Brazil | 220/380 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
The British Virgin Islands | 190 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Brunei | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Bulgaria | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Burkina Faso | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Myanmar | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Burundi | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Cambodia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Cameroon | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Canada | 120/208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
240 V | |||
480 V | |||
347/600 V | |||
Canary Islands | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Cape Verde | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Cayman Islands | 240V | 60Hz | 3 |
Central African Republic | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Chad | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Channel Islands (Guernsey and Jersey) | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Chile | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
People's Republic of China | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Colombia | 220 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
440 V | |||
Comoros | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Island | 415 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Costa Rica | 240V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Croatia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Cuba | 190 V | 60Hz | 3 |
440 V | |||
Curacao | 220 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
380 V | |||
Cyprus | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Czechia | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Denmark | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Djibouti | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Dominica | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Dominican Republic | 120/208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
277/480 V | |||
Dubai | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
East Timor | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Ecuador | 208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Egypt | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Salvador | 200 V | 60Hz | 3 |
United Kingdom | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Equatorial Guinea | NULL | NULL | NULL |
Eritrea | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Estonia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Ethiopia | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Faroe Islands | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Falkland Islands | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Fiji | 415 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Finland | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
France | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
French Guiana | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Gabon (Gabonese Republic) | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Gambia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Gaza | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Georgia | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Germany | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Ghana | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Gibraltar | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
United Kingdom (GB) | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Greece | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Greenland | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Grenada | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Guadeloupe | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Guam | 190 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Guatemala | 208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Guinea | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Guinea-Bissau | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Guyana | 190 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Haiti | 190 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Netherlands | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Honduras | 208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
230 V | |||
240 V | |||
460 V | |||
480 V | |||
Hong Kong | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Hungary | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Iceland | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
India | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Indonesia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Iran | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Iraq | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Republic of Ireland (Ireland) | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Ireland, North | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Isle of Man | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Israel | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Italy | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Jamaica | 190 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Japan | 200 V | 50 Hz / 60 Hz | 3 |
Jordan | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Kazakhstan | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Kenya | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Kiribati | NULL | NULL | NULL |
South Korea, North | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
South Korea, South | 380 V | 60Hz | 4 |
Kosovo | 230 V | 50Hz | 3 |
400 V | |||
Kuwait | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Kyrgyzstan | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Laos | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Latvia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Lebanon | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Lesotho | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Liberia | 208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Libya | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Liechtenstein | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Lithuania | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Luxembourg | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Macao | 380 V | 50Hz | 3 |
Macedonia, North | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Madagascar | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Madeira | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Malawi | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Malaysia | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Maldives | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Mali | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Malta | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Marshall Islands | NULL | NULL | NULL |
Martinique | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Mauritania | 220V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Mauritius | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Mayotte | NULL | NULL | NULL |
Mexico | 220 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
480 V | |||
Federated States of Micronesia | NULL | NULL | NULL |
Moldova | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Monaco | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Mongolia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Montenegro | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Montserrat | 400 V | 60Hz | 4 |
Morocco | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Mozambique | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Myanmar (formerly Myanmar) | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Namibia | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Nauru | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Nepal | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Netherlands | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
New Caledonia | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
new Zealand | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Nicaragua | 208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Niger | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Nigeria | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Northern Ireland | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
North Korea | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
North Macedonia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Norway | 230 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
400 V | |||
Oman | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Pakistan | 400 V | 50Hz | 3 |
Palau | 208 V | 60Hz | 3 |
Panama | 240V | 60Hz | 3 |
Papua New Guinea | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Paraguay | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Peru | 220V | 60Hz | 3 |
Philippines | 380 V | 60Hz | 3 |
Pitcairn Islands | NULL | NULL | NULL |
Poland | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Portugal | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Puerto Rico | 480V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Qatar | 415 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
reunion | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Romania | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Russia (officially the Russian Federation) | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Rwanda | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Saba | NULL | NULL | NULL |
Saint Barthelemy (also informally known as Saint Barthes or Saint Barthes) | NULL | NULL | NULL |
Saint Kitts and Nevis (officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis) | 400 V | 60Hz | 4 |
Saint Lucia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Saint Martin | NULL | NULL | NULL |
St. Helena | NULL | NULL | NULL |
Sint Eustatius | 220V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Saint Martin | 220V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Samoa | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
San Marino | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Saudi Arabia | 400 V | 60Hz | 4 |
Scotland | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Senegal | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Serbia | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Seychelles | 240V | 50Hz | 3 |
Sierra Leone | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Singapore | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Slovakia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Slovenia | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Solomon Islands | NULL | NULL | NULL |
Somalia | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Somaliland | 380 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
South Africa | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Korea | 380 V | 60Hz | 4 |
South Sudan | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Spain | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Sri Lanka | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Sudan | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Suriname | 220 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
400 V | |||
Swaziland | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Sweden | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Switzerland | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Syria | 380 V | 50Hz | 3 |
Tahiti | 380 V | 50 Hz / 60 Hz | 3,4 |
Taiwan | 220V | 60Hz | 4 |
Tajikistan | 380 V | 50Hz | 3 |
Tanzania | 415 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Thailand | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Togo | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Tonga | 415 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 115/230 V | 60Hz | 4 |
230/400 V | |||
Tunisia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Turkey | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Turkmenistan | 380 V | 50Hz | 3 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 240V | 60Hz | 4 |
Uganda | 415 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Ukraine | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
United Kingdom (UK) | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
United States of America (USA) | 120/208 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
277/480 V | |||
120/240 V | |||
240 V / 480 V | |||
United States Virgin Islands | 190 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Uruguay | 380 V | 50Hz | 3 |
Uzbekistan | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Vanuatu | 400 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |
Venezuela | 120 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Vietnam | 380 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Virgin Islands (British) | 190 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Virgin Islands (United States) | 190 V | 60Hz | 3,4 |
Wales | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Yemen | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Zambia | 400 V | 50Hz | 4 |
Zimbabwe | 415 V | 50Hz | 3,4 |