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A balanced three phase load is where the current flowing in all three phases of the load are reasonably close to each other.

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When the voltage and measured current draw do not deviate by more than 2 percent under load.

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A balanced three-phase load is one in which each of the three loads is identical in all respects (magnitude and phase). Further to the first answer, the three line currents must not all be 'reasonably close', they must be identical -i.e. the same value and phase relationship.

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It is a load on a three-phase system that produces unequal load currents in the three phases. The ideal load is always balanced, with equal currents in the 3 live wires.

In LV power distribution it is usually not possible to guarantee a balanced load except by aggregating up a lot of loads and hoping that the total load is reasonably balanced. Thus a street of houses will usually provide a reasonably balanced load on the three-phase supply even though each house is connected to only one phase.

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