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RE: 3 phase converting
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- Subject: RE: 3 phase converting
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- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 18:47:14 -0700
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Original poster: "David Thomson" <dwt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Gary,
> > Original poster: "David Thomson" <dwt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >
> It's cheaper these days to just buy a factory new rotary
> phase > converter all ready to go. I just bought one and it
> is on the way.
>
> NOT TRUE. I just built a friend a 5 hp rotor converter. The
> used 3 ph
> motor 5 hp cost me $5.00. The run cap was $7.00. The start cap
was
> $10.00. Metal box $5.00. Push button switch $2.00. Total
> cost $24.00
You don't have true three phase power. You can run a three phase
motor okay, but you can't generate a true rotating magnetic field as
in Tesla's Egg of Columbus demonstrator. That is why I bought a true
three phase power source. Check your legs and see if one of them is a
phantom.
Dave