Re: 3 phase, and more.

I use a five horse rotary converter (home built) and it will run two 2 hp
Bridgeports and a 5 hp lathe all at once with no trouble. I think the only
restriction is that I can't start them all at once. as long as they start
one at a time, I can have them all running.
Darrell

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Carlisle <quatsein@...>
To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 1999 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 3 phase, and more.


> From: "Steve Carlisle" <quatsein@...>
>
>
> Arne, three phase convertors are very popular with those
> that want to run more than 1 motor at a time, and those
> needing to run say motors over 5hp. If a convertor is built
> with the self starting feature, there should be no line surge
> to piss the nieghbors off. I have built a 10hp convertor, self
> starting, and it runs the lathe and mill at the same time.
> Below is a link to a site for info on phase convertors.
>
> http://www.loganact.com/mwn/howto/ph-conv/ph-conv.html
>
> Steve
>
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