single phase to three phase? [RE-wrenches]

[Dean T. Newberry]

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HI y'all,
We used to use a buzz box third leg stimulator, when running 3 phase 
motors on a honda single phase gas generator. I got the thing from my 
regular electric wholesaler. I don't know how it would work on an 
inverter. The instructions in the buzz box included wiring for a three 
phase motor with no load to act as an autotransformer to balance the 
three legs. It worked ok.

cul deant


Robert Warren wrote:

>Marco,
> I looked into single phase to three phase converters years ago and the 
>only ones I could find were rotary ones--i.e, a single phase source 
>running a motor generator which has a 3 phase output. As you can 
>imagine, that isn't a very efficient way to go. There must be a solid 
>state way to do this these days. 
> My question is, which is he already using, the inverter or the pump? Is 
>he on grid or off-grid? If he already has 3-phase grid suppply, then he 
>wants some kind of backup system for his water supply. In that case, a 3 
>phase output gen set is a lot cheaper solution. If he is off grid, then 
>he could sell the pump on E-bay and get a single phase one.
> A single phase inverter can easily feed into a grid tie 3 phase system, 
>but to find a PV inverter that produces 3 phase, that is a much bigger 
>animal. In a couple more months, Ballard Power finalizes UL listing on 
>their new 30 Kw Ecostar 3-phase inverter. (They already have UL on the 
>100 kW one.
>Good luck,
>Robert Warren
>
>Marco wrote:
>  
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>>'Got a customer with a Xantrex SW4024 who'd like to get three-phase out 
>>of
>>it to run an energy efficient pressure pump.  Now I know that with a 
>>120-240
>>transformer 240VAC is doable.  Anyone know whether 120 to 208/120 is
>>possible with an off-the-shelf piece of hardware?
>>
>>thanks,
>>marco
>>
>>Marco Mangelsdorf
>>President
>>ProVision Technologies, Inc.
>>69 Railroad Avenue, Suite A-7
>>Hilo, Hawaii 96720 USA
>>(808) 969-3281, fax 934-7462
>>www.provisiontechnologies.com
>>
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