[Shop-talk] Electrical stuff

[David C.]

Just get a VFD and you'll be in business.  I am using four VFDs from 1/2 
to 5 HP to run my mortiser, drill press, 12" table saw and thickness 
planer.  They are not terribly expensive in the smaller sizes and fairly 
simple to hook up assuming you read the directions.  I would stay away 
from the old style static phase converters unless you want to burn up 
your motor, and for a single 1 HP load a rotary phase converter is 
overkill.  I have found that Factorymation generally has the best deals 
on converters, and excellent tech support:

> http://www.factorymation.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.13/.f



Steve Hammatt Mount Vernon WA USA wrote:
> I'm looking at a piece of older industrial machinery with the electrical
> motor spec's as follows: 1hp 208-230 / 440V
> I'm assuming that it will be 3ph, so I'll need a phase converter. My
> concern is that this is a Y type vs. a Delta type electrical requirement
> and which type would I have? My shop has a straight residential type
> 220V 1ph. Can this be easily made to work with a simple electronic phase
> converter under these conditions?
> Thanks.
>
> Steve Hammatt
> Mount Vernon WA USA
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