Re: 3 phase

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>
> 
> Lindsay Publecations PO box538, Bradley, Illinois 60915   catalog 608 spring
> 2001 Product No 81 ,page 30. The project is intended to run 3 phase motors
> on single phase.It requires 3 motor run capacitors and a relay, different
> capacitors are neaded for different power motors and they deliver different
> HP , but it works. My little 12 ft 24 in swing lathe requires 3 phase power.
>   Robert  H

	If you don't want to make it, you can buy a "phase converter" at most
machine tool supply houses, and probably elsewhere as well; they come in
different sizes and I suspect the only difference in them is in the
value of the capacitor (mine uses only 1, and I can't imagine needing
more than two).  I have one I paid about $40.00 for (at that price it
didn't seem worth making an enclosure and rolling my one) and it does a
fine job of starting the 1/3 horse 3 phase motor on my lathe.  Torque is
limited, of course, but you can't get something for nothing.

Ed