Re: 3-phase current

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: 3-phase current
• From: Steve Roys <sroys-at-umaryland.edu> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 11:50:18 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

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.

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