# Balanced three phase circuit Y-Y with neutral

Here is my equivalent balanced three phase circuit Y-Y with neutral:

Rla + jXla is my line impedance by phase. L1 and L2 are my loads. The exercise is saying that L1 absorbs 180 W and 240 VAr, L2 absorbs 600 VAr and has 0.6 lagging power factor. The line impedance is 5 + j8. The line voltage is 240 V. Its asking me what is the voltage VAN across the loads.

LOOK WHAT I HAVE TRIED:

VAN.IL1* = SL1 = 180 + j240 VA
VAN.IL2* = SL2 = 450 + j600 VA
VAN.IL* = SL = SL1 + SL2 = 630 + j840 VA
IL = IL1 + IL2
VaA = IL.(Ra+jXLa)
VAN = Van - VaA
Van = 240/sqrt(3) with angle of -30 degrees
SL/IL* = Van - IL.(Ra+jXLa)
(630 + j840)/IL* = (120 - j69.282) - IL(5 + j8)


When I throw this equation at wolfram alpha, It says there's no solution:

What am I doing wrong?

• Yeah it's tricky for sure. You don't know the impedance of L1 - all you know is what power it takes and what reactive power it takes when the supply is somewhat less than 240V (this level being dictated by the other load and the series line impedance). 2 or 3 pages of maths methinks. – Andy aka Feb 26 '14 at 22:35