On Monday, February 22, 2016 at 9:31:26 AM UTC-5, dpb wrote:


Speaking of which, I just got a new 5hp, 220V/3ph w-working piece o'
gear and it seems any RPC of size to run it is 3X the cost of a
replacement single-phase motor. You got any sources, Gunner???



What kind of gear is it? You can run some things by just adding some caps. Things with high starting loads will not work, but things like grinders can be essentially made into a combination rpc and grinder.

Dan