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Re: 3-phase current





 Steve, all:

You may be able to generate some power this way, but I don't think you can
get significant levels without a true alternator that has separate exciter
windings to create the necessary magnetic field. Regulation would also be a
problem.

- Mike

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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: 3-phase current
> Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 12:50 PM
> 
> Original Poster: Steve Roys <sroys-at-umaryland.edu> 
> 
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Tesla List wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ed, all:
> > 
> > I believe that some of these designs include an idler motor, as
suggested
> > in another post, to actually generate a third phase. This method
produces
> > more power than simply running a three phase motor on 1 phase, although
> > probably not as much as true three phase power. The available power
depends
> > on the size of the idler.
> > 
> > - Mike
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something, and this might have already been posted, but
> can't you just use a single-phase motor to run a three-phase motor
> backwards as a generator?
> 
> Steve.