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Re: How to determine three-phase power



Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>

Hi,

I had a chat with my local power company, and to run 3-phase to a site where
I was looking to build a truck shop, the quote was a minimum of $30,000, and
if memory serves, the distance was around a mile.  I decided to find another
shop location.  Another consideration is that there will be an extra charge
per month, above and beyond standard service, for the transformer.  At least
there is here.

John Richardson

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: How to determine three-phase power


 > Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>
 >
 > Hi Chris,
 >
 > At 08:08 AM 4/27/2003 -0700, you wrote:
 > >Hi All,
 > >
 > >I want to get a three-phase feed into my house for DC
 > >tesla coiling and I decided to do some research. I
 > >looked out the window and saw 3 wires on the power
 > >poles that come down my street. Going down the street
 > >I saw that consecutive pole pigs were connected to
 > >different lines on th power poles. Now to make sure, I
 > >have to get a neighbor that's supposedly using a
 > >different phase of the 3-phase line and measure
 > >voltage from my house to their house via really long
 > >power cord... :-) But before I do that, I want to ask
 > >the Tesla list if my speculation is correct.

 > Be prepared for some stunning numbers when it comes to cost.  A friend of
 > mine had a chicken barn he wanted to bring three phase to from directly
 > across the street.  The cost was quoted at $150,000!!!  He moved the
 > chickens across the street instead. "Why did the chickens cross the road,
 > to save $150,000 to get three phase..." ;-)  There are rotary converters
 > and such that convert single to three phase (motor/generator).  They are
 > very cheap used and not to bad new.  Something like this:
 >

 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 >          Terry
 >
 >
 >
 > >Thanks,
 > >
 > >Chris
 >
 >