I'm Josh, and I'm not an electrician. I handle every call and email myself. Every sizing answer I give you names the maker's published rule and shows the math. Your install goes to a licensed electrician. Hard application questions go to the maker's engineers, and I'll give you their number.
Josh Joseph, owner
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Enter your machine's nameplate numbers: horsepower, volts and full load amps. See each maker's rule applied to your machine, with the math.
You can run a 3 phase machine on single phase power. Four devices do it: a static phase converter, a rotary phase converter, a digital phase converter, or a VFD (variable frequency drive) with single phase input. A transformer is...
The size of phase converter you need depends on whose unit you buy. Each maker publishes its own rule for its own units. American Rotary doubles the motor horsepower. Phoenix Phase Converters multiplies the largest motor by 2×, 2.5× or...
A phase converter arrives on a pallet, in a crate, on a freight truck. The driver brings it to the curb or the end of your driveway. Getting it inside is on you. Small drives arrive by parcel carrier. Before...
Built for Production is an online retailer of rotary phase converters, digital phase converters and VFDs (variable frequency drives) with single phase input. They let a home shop, a woodshop or a farm shop run 3 phase machines on single phase power. Every sizing answer names the maker's rule it came from and shows the arithmetic. Wiring and install questions go to a licensed electrician.
