I wonder if LCM has ever measured the power draw of each of their big machines?
On 11/7/16 10:25 AM, Jon Elson wrote: > We tried to get a 370/145 running at a guy's house. That had the 17 KVA > motor generator set in the back (WAY more than > a 145 needed, but they apparently used one MG set for a range of machines). > But, he only had 60 A 240V single-phase > service, and we couldn't even spin up the MG set with no load. We built a > static phase converter, but the imaginary > current was over 60 A. Well, NO SURPRISE, if we'd just read the nameplate we > would have known it was a fool's errand. > The 3-phase line current on the thing was about 55 A, per 3-PHASE LINE, so > running it off SINGLE-PHASE, the line current > would HAVE to be 1.7 X that much, wouldn't it? OF course! >
