Getting 3 phase power can be a bit of a trial if you are in a residential area.
Usually, the power company simply won't do it.
You can purchase convertors, but they are pretty expensive. They also tend to
put a major piece of pain into your electric bill.
Stick with a 220 volt single phase welder. You can get some pretty beefy units
in 220.
Joe Curry wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/11/03 4:24:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> odd@triumphclub.se writes:
>
> _Never_ buy a single phase machine! Get yourself three phase power
> long before you start thinking Welders...
> Regards
> /Odd >>
>
>
> Only problem is that in the USA 3 phase power is limited to industrial
> areas.
> My local power company will not hook 3 phase to a house, only to a
> business
> garage/building. We are limited to 120/220 3 wire single phase.
>
> Getting Sweedish power would take quite a extension cord!
>
> Harold
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