On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Phil Howard wrote: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 07:23:24AM -0500, shogunx wrote: > > | On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Phil Howard wrote: > | > | > | That part I have. What I do not have is 3-phase power to run it. > | > > | > What voltage and amperage does it need? > | > | 3-phase 440V most likely about 20-30 amps. > > You'll need at least 25 kVA. That's as much power as a small house. Then > add air conditioning. Not sure whether upgrading electric service or buying > a generator would cost more. Maybe renting one long enough to see if it > will power up could be done. What are your goals for it? > > Is it literally 440 volts, or is that just a figure of speech for what is > officially 480 volts (if you are in the US)?
Well, according to ohms law, it should work at 440, though with a higher current draw. You are correct. 3-phase each phase 120 degrees out of phase from the others at 120V per phase yields 3 discrete 240V circuits (actually about 208V after phase shift, but for all practical purposes its the same thing, and depends on whether you use a wye or delta configuration in your transformer). So figure of speech it is. In an electic company FUD kind of way. <tangent> Also, is there anyone on this list that operates a s/390 / z-series machine (preferably running linux) in a bank? If so, please contact me off list with information on how to open an account. I am having a problem with my current bank, Netbank, and after a bit of research, have found the reason. They operate m$ servers. Go figure. Scott > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Phil Howard KA9WGN | http://linuxhomepage.com/ http://ham.org/ | > | (first name) at ipal.net | http://phil.ipal.org/ http://ka9wgn.ham.org/ | > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > sleekfreak pirate broadcast http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
