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Gary Coffman
 
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Default New Chinese mill vs old high quality mill

On 4 Jul 2004 11:24:39 -0700, (robobass) wrote:
2. Someone said that a vfd could be used as a speed control on a
Grizzly that runs on house current. That's wrong, right?


Actually, someone (me) said exactly the opposite. You can't speed
control a 1 ph motor with a VFD. You *can* use a VFD to produce 3 ph
from 1 ph, allowing you to speed control a 3 ph motor in a shop which
is supplied with only 1 ph household power.

Gary