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  1. gpu3

    power conversion help please.

    by feeder drive I mean the drive unit for the vibratory parts feeder. It contains my ac electromanets. They must run on 1pahse power and be indepentant of the VFD. I have figued out that I can get the 1phase power I need off the three phase. but how do a properly fuse this? My 3phase load will...
  2. gpu3

    power conversion help please.

    The source is suspected to be in good balance already. The vfd will run a single phase motor but I still need pwoer to my parts feeder when the motor is off. I will only be reduceing motor speed by 11% if that helps any. Lets say I hook it up and it does cause an imbalance...what symtoms or...
  3. gpu3

    power conversion help please.

    Thanks for your help. The load will be 8amps @220v. I am kindof concerned about the unbalance issue. also note my mechanical background so there fore i have know idea what a Scott or Tee connected transformer is.
  4. gpu3

    power conversion help please.

    I manufacture vibratory parts feeders and electric is not my bag. I have a system which I am building in which only 230 3phase power is avalible. My problem is the the feeder drive must run its electro-magnets on single phase power. I do have a VFD which is running a motor and is capable of...
  5. gpu3

    single phase from 3 phase power input

    What is the best way to convert 3 phase power input to my VFD which is running an inverter duty motor to single phase output to run another circut. My input power is 230 3 phase and I need 220 1 phase power.

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