OK group... what am I missing? I just bought a brand new surplus, 1 HP
commercial Phas a Matic rotary converter. Retails for $405.00 new..
bought it for $50.00. I figured it was worth 50.00 as it is truely brand
new.

Went to their website http://www.phase-a-matic.com/RotaryDescription.htm ,
read all the great stuff about how good their rotary is blah, blah blah ,
and well, I figured got a good deal. So lets see whats inside......

Opened up the metal enclosure on top to see the guts of the unit and what do
I see.... nothing but a SINGLE 30 microfared oil filled capacitor. No
potential relay, no banks of capacitors to balance the phases, no fuses, no
nothing else. One single starting capacitor.

THIS is worth $405.00 retail.. a 1HP Baldor motor with one single 30 uf
capacitor?????

Is there something special in the rotor of the motor that I am missing? Is
there something in the wire? Please someone let me know why and how Phase
a Matic gets away with this BS!!!

Steve Koschmann


Second question... can I parallel a standard 2HP 3 phase motor with this 1
HP unit and try to get a 3 HP converter going? Should I balance the phases
of the 1 HP unit and or the combined 1 and 2 HP (=3 HP) units?


Steve