In a message dated 99-02-08 08:45:25 EST, you write:
<< > Back on the three phase issue, many shops use another
3phase induction motor method to create needed three
phases.
Some don't even use a starting capacitor. They simple
spin the motor with a pull rope and switch on the current.
>
I've a small drill press with a (bad?) capacitor start motor that only seems
to start up once out of every 300 presses of the on switch. does spinning the
motor and then cycling the power really work??