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Running 3 phase motors from single phase
In article , Ignoramus20106 says...
That made me think, I just used a way to run a 3 phase motor on single phase power, by adding a capacitor. Can I make an electronic device made of capacitors and perhaps a timeout or some other relay, that would simply start 3 phase motors. That would obviate the need for the idler. Congratulations, you just invented single phase motors! You need either a centrifugal switch, or a potential relay, to implement the idea. You cannot: a) plug reverse motors like that, or b) develop the entire nameplate horsepower Jim -- ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at pkmfgvm4 (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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Ignoramus20106 wrote:
So, I made a self starting phase converter that starts an idler using a start capacitor. That made me think, I just used a way to run a 3 phase motor on single phase power, by adding a capacitor. Can I make an electronic device made of capacitors and perhaps a timeout or some other relay, that would simply start 3 phase motors. That would obviate the need for the idler. My own thought here is to wire it like the self starting capacitor works: a cap between leg 1 and 3. After starting, the 3 phase motor can run on single phase. The only disadvantage to this that I can think of, is possibly low starting torque. Perhaps that can be rectified by wiring it using some other method. I am sure that people smarter than me have already thought about all these things, but I am curious about this question. i I've got a couple of 3ph. pedestal grinders that I run with sort of low starting capacitance (slow starting, the 12" takes about 3 seconds to come up to speed) and no extra switches or anything, just leave the capacitors in the circuit. They seem to no mind running that way, used 'em for a few years now. John |
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Ignoramus20106 wrote:
So, I made a self starting phase converter that starts an idler using a start capacitor. That made me think, I just used a way to run a 3 phase motor on single phase power, by adding a capacitor. Can I make an electronic device made of capacitors and perhaps a timeout or some other relay, that would simply start 3 phase motors. That would obviate the need for the idler. My own thought here is to wire it like the self starting capacitor works: a cap between leg 1 and 3. After starting, the 3 phase motor can run on single phase. The only disadvantage to this that I can think of, is possibly low starting torque. Perhaps that can be rectified by wiring it using some other method. I am sure that people smarter than me have already thought about all these things, but I am curious about this question. I converted a power hacksaw to single phase by this method five years ago. I had separate start and run capacitors, a potential relay and a contactor. It was also a dual wound motor (two completely separate windings, a four pole and a six pole) so I had a rotary switch to change between the two. It ended up being a fairly complicated project! The worst part was that the motor had both sets of windings permanently connected in the star configuration, so I had to open it up, cut the star points and solder on new leads. The machine worked fine, except that it needed a little more start capacitance than my book recommended, probably because it has a lot of inertia. It uses a 1 3/4 hp motor, which is unusually rated at 1 3/4 hp on both speeds. Unfortunately it stopped working last winter, and I haven't yet had chance to figure out what's wrong with it. I can post some pictures if you're interested. Best wishes, Chris |
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