60hz to 50hz [RE-wrenches]
Kirk Herander, VSE
kirk at vtsolar.com
Thu Feb 12 09:35:59 PST 2004
> The motor will run faster, proportionally, at 60 Hz. A grain mill
> presents a constant torque as speed increases. So, the power load on
> the motor will increase proportionally. With 240V, the power
> potential is there to overload the motor quite effectively. HOWEVER
Use a buck-boost transformer to drop the voltage from 240 to 220. Then you
only have the frequency issue to deal with.
Kirk
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