Electric power to the Tape recorder. A good many years ago I had a Grundig Tape recorder . I was on a Tanker about 1957 with the name of Steens Mountain It was built in the U.S. Had the 60 cycle elect. supply----------- to make my Recorder play the songs that were on it I had to change it back to 50 cycles. Whilst connecting it all up ( *Me not knowing what I was doing *) the cabin door burst open and the ships electrician , shouted b------y Hell I have got red lights flashing down in the engine room, *Not a happy chappie !*! The ship did not catch fire------------- Later on after I left it , it was Renamed Mary Ellen Conway, but did catch fire down in Mexico, and the Tug that pulled it away from the dockside caught fire as well. That was the end of her. It was equipped with what I think was called Degausing gear -------Thick copper cables all round it to repel magnetic mines during second word war Happy days, and I am better with electicity now.!!! Richard
On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 6:26:16 PM UTC+1, Curtis wrote: > > Thank you Tom! > > C.A.G. > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Tom Dotta" <ted...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > *To: *legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Sent: *Monday, May 29, 2017 11:04:03 AM > *Subject: *Re: Electricity Supply > > HI Richard & Curtis > > Curtis a little different not cut down at the plug (receptacle) > but rather two 110Volt legs into the main house electrical panel. From > there usually through a circuit breaker (or fuses) one leg continues on to > each 110v circuit while both incoming 110v legs are fed to each 220v > circuit. > Richard My Powermatic 20/36 plugs into a normal 220V single phase > (2-110v legs) circuit but the power goes thru an inverter? on the lathe > that converts it into 3 phase power which allows dial an rpm as well as a > toggle switch to reverse motor direction. This is all standard stock for > this machine here in the US.. Small capacity phase inverters are available > here in the US quite cheaply $100-300. > For larger machines in my home shop that require 3phase power I use a > rotary phase converter which through a process I do not understand, > utilizing a box full of electronic gadgets runs a 7.5 hp 3 phase electric > motor that then outputs a 3 phase current that allows several machines to > run simultaneously. Pretty silly in a one man hobby shop, but hey toys > are important! > > Cheers Tom Dotta > > > As an aside----I was fortunate to live in beautiful New Zealand for a > while and there the electricity is very different. 240Volt 50 cycle is the > standard household power and power is on one wire (leg). They still have > a neutral and a ground but basically electric motor items do not go back > and forth. > > On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 5:11 PM, CURTIS GEORGE <curtg...@wowway.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hello Richard >> I am no electrical person. but I do believe that most of our homes in the >> US are wired for 220 volts and then cut down to 110 volts at the plug. >> The only invert er that I use to do make a 110 AC- 90 volt DC to control >> my Legacy carriage drive motor . >> I know that the industrial standards are much different then the home >> owners systems. >> Hopefully someone out there can give a better breakdown of the electrical >> systems, I only use what I need . ;-) I really dont know anymore then what >> I stated... >> >> Have a good night. >> >> C.A.G. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Richard Ellis" <rchrd....@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> *To: *"Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>> >> *Sent: *Sunday, May 28, 2017 3:26:59 AM >> *Subject: *Electricity Supply >> >> HiAll >> Have been wondering as to what sort of Electricity supply you have in the >> U,S. Mainly because I use machines here that are on 415 Volts. I then use >> an inverter that changes the supply from the normal house supply to 240 to >> 415 and it then allows me to control the speed of the machine motors My >> Woodchuck is on that system --------when I want to drive the spindle >> without turning the crank handle >> Do any of you in the U.S use inverters or something similar , to >> control the speed on lathes etc. etc. >> >> Richard >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at >> https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at >> https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to legacy-orna...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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