you can use a vfd drives to get 3phase power from single u just gotta size them bigger then the load u would normally need
On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 10:52 AM Jon Elson via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/4/22 10:03 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > > From: Scott Quinn > > > > > I have seen some roads where the utility has 2 of the phases plus > > > neutral going down them, not true 2-phase power, but 2 phases > 120/240 > > > degrees apart with the third phase just not present. > > > > > > > > My house has something like that; the previous owner wanted '3-phase > service' > > for machine tools (I think - could have been a compressor, or something) > in > > his basement workshop, so they sold him a pseudo-3-phase service. I > forget > > the exact details of how it works, but the 3rd phase is at 170V to > neutral, > It should be 208V - see center grounded delta online. 240 * > sin 60 degrees = 207.8 V. > Jon >
