I can get 2.5 hp and 22.5 hp motors free for a phase convertor. I reckon
22.5 hp is too big, both to carry and in terms of current demand!


22.5 HP is kinda hard to "carry".

i

Yes. What's more it's an old-fashioned cast iron motor made by
Metropolitan Vickers. Probably from the 1930s or '40s. A real beast of a
machine, but I don't think I can manage it. Would be a laugh to try
recovering it though. It needs to be hauled up some steps from a pump
room in a factory.

Chris