gene heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 09, 2011 08:02:40 PM Jon Elson did opine:
>
>   
>>   The current draw of
>> a 100 Hp motor on 240 V is about 330 A per line!  Yikes, the transistors
>> must be the size of a brick!
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>     
>
> I am wondering where you got those figures Jon?
>   
OK, I was extrapolating from a 1 Hp Bridgeport motor, which is rated at 
3.3 A at 240 V.  Obviously, there is an efficiency scaling factor I 
didn't take into account for larger motors.

Jon

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