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- From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: 3 phase question
- Message-ID: <4092@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 08:02:53 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.071930.21322@psg.com> <lk75n2INN5sg@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
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- In article <lk75n2INN5sg@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> coffin@surfin.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
- >There is something about this 3 phase stuff that I just haven't
- >come to terms with......
-
- >The thee phases are all 120 degrees out of phase. No problem.
-
- >But now I want to run a 3 phase motor on a single phase. I fully
- >understand how the the capacitor starts the 3rd leg to kick the
- >motor initially, but I don't understand how this thing works very
- >well at all, given that you are connecting two wires that are 180
- >degrees out of phase, not 120. Since the two wires you power the
- >convert with are 180, and you pass them straight through to the load,
- >how do you get true 3 phase?
-
- You don't. You get two phases that are 180 degrees OOP, plus one that's
- 90 degrees OOP with the other two. You're not doing much more than making
- capacitor diddling uneccessary for the load motors.
-
- Nobody said it was efficient... You could get true three phase by
- using one motor to mechanically drive a 3phase motor used as a generator.
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