Single Phase Heating of 3 Phase Motor
Single Phase Heating of 3 Phase Motor
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What are the generally accepted rules for drying out a 3 phase motor that has gotten wet by applying a low voltage single phase power supply to create heat and thus remove the water? I have a spare stator that needs to be put into service and evidently got rained on to some degree. An oven is not available to dry it out, so what are the calcs to determine the voltage/current/power so as to dry the water, but not burn up the coils? The motor is basically an F class motor. I assume monitoring the coil temps with a probe in various spots is prudent, but what outer surface temp of the coil would limit any internal temps to class F?





RE: Single Phase Heating of 3 Phase Motor
You'll probably want more heat than that, but this will give you a starting point.
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