19 Oct
2007
19 Oct
'07
7:46 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
:-P
Except that
after going through a 3-phase bridge rectifier, you have
360Hz (with a good DC component) vs 120Hz that drops to 0v so you need a
lot less filter caps with the 3-phase. And frankly the situation I'm
dealing with draws ~500A @12V - that's a butt load of current over
single phase (and that's just the stuff that *requires*
3-phase...there's a bunch more power that splits the phases to get
standard 120v single phase). Total load requirements are 70A across all
3-phases (210A single phase...how the *hell* are you going to wire that?).
If it is a KL10, you will not need to worry about this at all, because
the power supplies will fail anyway.
But seriously...
If you are dealing with something as big as a KL10, I think having
real 3 phase is basically required. I would not even try it with a
converter - god only knows how many HP the motor would need to be.
Does your building not have 3 phase service available?
No, I have 125A 3-phase service into my shop...it's barely enough. :-/
If you were dealing with something like VAX-11/780
sized, with much
lower current requirements, you probably could sling a bunch of extra
caps on the side and have everything happy. Big ass 20 volt
electrolytics are dime a dozen.
Na. All of the supplies in the 11/780 are single phase (with std 110v
15A plugs even). The power controller just splits the phases. As I
said before, it simplifies the wiring from the system to the "mains".
My DS570 uses a 3-phase power controller also. Again, it's convenient
but not exactly necessary.
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TTFN - Guy