Dull Men's Club
An unofficial chapter of the popular Dull Men's Club.
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Except Norway, where 3-phase IT is still dominant. TN is only being built in newly established buildings/areas.
IT being phase/phase = 230V, with no neutral wire.
Upside is it being more robust to ground faults, but you lose 11/22 kW possibility on EV chargers. 7,2 kW is max (32A @ 230V).
Looking forward to it being gone, tbh…
In Belgium it's still widely deployed. Two other downsides are the risk of electrocution with monopolar switches (can't rely on a light switch, not that you ever should but lots of people think "no light = no zappy zappies" then get a nasty surprise), and compatibility issues with some 3-phase appliances that aren't designed to be hooked up without a neutral because they were not sold in an area where 3x230 is common.