Looking for an IBM 3803

Curious Marc curiousmarc3 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 9 00:20:48 CDT 2021


Excellent idea! I had not  thought about it. I’ll look into it. 
Marc

> On Sep 8, 2021, at 8:25 AM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
> 
> As long as you don't need the full blower capacity, you can probably do
> the 3-phase-to-single-phase trick by using a capacitor from the third
> lead to either (which one will determine rotation direction) of the two
> other leads and feeding those leads with single-phase.   It's done very
> often here with 3-phase shop equipment acquired by residential
> hobbyists.  For motors, it's not critical, but it's not something that
> you'd want to do for electronics--the phase distortion rules that out.
> 
> --Chuck


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