Checkmate wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 01:41:24 GMT, Roy put forth the notion that...

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:48:39 -0800, Checkmate
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===You want a good 3 HP phase converter? Try one of mine:
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===http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2580033737
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===This model doesn't have run caps. Phase voltages vary by
approximately ===10% maximum. The same converter tuned with run
caps will be balanced to ===approximately 3% or less. In most
applications, the run caps aren't ===necessary. My converters
use a contactor through a DPST toggle switch ===to turn them on.
A voltage sensing relay switches the starting cap(s) ===out of
the circuit when the user-provided idler motor comes up to speed.
===Startup to full speed takes just a fraction of a second.


hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Sounds like the one or two or three that I have
built as well as what most of the regulars here have built already
and also like the one Bob S has an article in HSM on. I have plans
for it on my website for FREE
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com

Yep, it ain't rocket science. The circuit has been around for ages.
I've had people tell me they wouldn't bother trying to build one for
what I sell them for. I'm not getting rich doing it, but I'm retired
now, and I enjoy building them... plus it keeps me out of trouble.
BTW, I stumbled across your web site long before I found this group,
and I must say, you've got some great information there.

Your units seem to be priced pretty reasonably.