Dick Brown
07-18-2018, 11:06 PM
Question for the electrical gurus,
I did a bit of trading while back and ended up with a 3ph. 3h.p. cabinet saw. I only have 1ph. power so debating to get a different motor or a phase converter. On odds of 1000 to 1, last weekend I stopped by a yard sale and there, among some other electrical stuff was a 4 to 8 h.p. 1ph. to 3ph. converter. Price was right even if it wouldn't work so I bought it. Called the company to ask if it would work for my 3hp. saw and the guy I talked to was not very helpful. Went to the shop, wired it up, hit the switch and it ran like a top. My question is the same as I asked of the phase converter co. man. Will it be o.k to run a 3hp. motor on a 4 to 8 hp. converter or am I flirting with trouble? I realize I will only have about a 2h.p. saw with the converter but that is not a problem.
Thanks,
Dick
I did a bit of trading while back and ended up with a 3ph. 3h.p. cabinet saw. I only have 1ph. power so debating to get a different motor or a phase converter. On odds of 1000 to 1, last weekend I stopped by a yard sale and there, among some other electrical stuff was a 4 to 8 h.p. 1ph. to 3ph. converter. Price was right even if it wouldn't work so I bought it. Called the company to ask if it would work for my 3hp. saw and the guy I talked to was not very helpful. Went to the shop, wired it up, hit the switch and it ran like a top. My question is the same as I asked of the phase converter co. man. Will it be o.k to run a 3hp. motor on a 4 to 8 hp. converter or am I flirting with trouble? I realize I will only have about a 2h.p. saw with the converter but that is not a problem.
Thanks,
Dick