On 5/5/21 8:37 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
Incidentally, a way to get three phase power at a
frequency of your choice is to use a "variable frequency drive". That's
basically a high power solid state inverter intended to drive three-phase motors with a
chosen frequency resulting in the RPM of your choice. Depending on the model, those can
go up to 120 Hz or so, or all the way to somewhere around 400 Hz. I have a very cheap one
at home that runs on single phase 220 volt power, producing up to 3 kW or so at anywhere
up to 120 Hz. (Made by a company named Teco, amusingly.) Most of these and especially
the larger ones want three phase mains input, though I'm told that even for those you
can typically just connect them to single phase power (between two of the three inputs,
leaving the third unconnected) at reduced power ratings. These devices are surprisingly
cheap, in particular they tend to be cheaper than "rotary phase converters"
which is how machine shops traditionally produce three phase power when their mains is
just single phase.
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--Chuck
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