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- From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au (Paul Repacholi)
- Subject: Re: WANTED old PDP-11?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.080450.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <1992Aug24.212459.17668@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1992Aug26.064807.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> <1992Aug26.095459.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> <1600@ocpt.ccur.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:04:50 GMT
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- In article <1600@ocpt.ccur.com>, pechter@ocpt.ccur.com (Bill Pechter) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug26.095459.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au (Paul Repacholi) writes:
- >>>
- >>> All RP drives are 3 phase, as is the RM05. All others are single I'm reasonably
- >>
- >>The CDC 9766 is 3 Phase. In all disks I have seen, the motors are 3 phase, star
- >>or delta conected, depending on local voltage ect, and the electronics are
- >>conected from one phase to neutral.
- >
- > Sorry, the CDC9766 is a two phase drive. Two hots only. The motor
- > on the RP04 was the only one I know that was three phase.
- Two phases at 180deg or at 120 deg? The .AU power is 240 nominal from each
- phase to neutral. The phases are at 120deg, hence 440v from phase to phase.
- Neutral is tied to earth at the meterbox BTW, so the phases are resonably
- symetric to earth.
- I understood the US two phase system was two 110v phases at 180deg, 220v phase
- to phase, and in some places 208v phase to phase 120deg by local motor-altenator.
- I have seen 'tricks' to run 3 ph motors off 1 or 2 phases, most having problems
- at start-up. A 3 ph motor will run quite happily with only two phases connected,
- but may not be able to deliver full power, or may be easier to stall.
-
- >
- > I watched one spin backwards and bang the brushes against the outer wall
- > at NJ Bell during an 11/70 reinstallation during my DEC Field Circus
- > days.
- >
- > The RP05/6 and RM series used two phases and you could balance load
- > out quite easily by switching them in the plugs.
- >
-
- I think we are crossing terminology some-where in this. Could some-one
- conversant with both systems explain.
-
- ~Paul
-
-