IBM 4331 Mainframe 3 phase converter

[Bob Rosenbloom]

I use a solid state one, an older version of this:
http://www.phasetechnologies.com/downloads/products/phase-perfect/pt330specs.pdf

Bought on ebay quite a few years ago.

I also have a small Phoenix rotary phase converter, also from ebay. This 
one seems to have unbalanced outputs.
I believe it is for motor loads only.

Bob



On 5/3/2017 1:23 PM, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote:
> Let me know what you come up with for the 3 phase converter solution. I have the exact same problem right now to provide power for my 3 3420 tapes and the 3803 controller. Also have 220V 50A single phase coming in the shop (er, garage), courtesy of the EV charger.
> Marc
>
> On Apr 30, 2017, at 9:38 PM, Guy Sotomayor Jr via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> Just to let folks know that I finally moved the IBM 4331 Mainframe this past weekend
> from where it was currently stored to my shop.  Pictures are here:
> https://www.flickr.com/gp/150223282@N04/NrX91K <https://www.flickr.com/gp/150223282@N04/NrX91K>
>
> As can be seen in the pictures, it filled a 26’ box truck that I had rented for this purpose.
> Right now I just have it placed somewhat in my shop.  Some early tasks will be:
>    * I have to verify that I have everything.  Even if I missed some items, they won’t be
>      scrapped.  I just need to go over what is currently in my shop and verify that I didn’t
>      leave anything behind.  I’m mostly worried about cables at this point.
>   * I have to figure out some way to produce enough “clean” 3-phase power to run the
>     peripherals (the CPU is 220v single phase) as I only have 220v single phase coming
>     into my shop.
>
> Starting to power it up will probably be a while yet.  ;-)
>
> TTFN - Guy
>
>


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