Re: OT - Converting Electric Motor

Posted by paul on December 22, 2010 at 13:47:47 from (76.77.197.242):

In Reply to: OT - Converting Electric Motor posted by skycarp on December 22, 2010 at 11:25:45:

Yup - single phase & 3-phase are just built different, if you want single phase you need to get a single phase motor. They need bigger wires to they cost more.

As mentioned, you can use a spare 3-phase motor to make a phase converter so you can input single phase and it will output 3-phase to run your 3-phase motor.

There are also electronic controlers that will do the phase conversion.

So you can either replace the 5 hp motor, or use a phase converter to change the single phase into 3-phase.

(There isn't 2-phase, conventional 120 or 220v are called single phase....)

--->Paul

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