30 Mar
2004
30 Mar
'04
12:30 a.m.
The old fashined way was to use a motorized phase converter, and special
transformer connections. I think now they use electronics to do the same
thing. Your drive is small enough I think electronics would be the answer,
or just get a single phase motor.
You must remember that 3 phase draws power equally three ways, and that
anything large will easily overload a single phase circuit found in most
homes. Power is power, and you can't BS electrons in that matter.
Gary Hildebrand
ST. Joseph, MO
Rats, I just found out the museum's dead Sperry drum store uses a 3
phase motor - is there any way I can run this from a single phase supply
(UK mains, ~240V, 50Hz) without things blowing up? Or am I resigned to
replacing the motor with a single phase equivalent?
I just want to get the thing spinning so that people can hear it running
- it's way beyond actually being able to restore it to working condition
again :-(
cheers
Jules