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- From: coffin@surfin.Eng.Sun.COM (Chip Coffin)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: 3 phase question
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 00:57:06 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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- 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?
-
- Seriously Confused, but not hopless...
-
- chip
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