Re: [MBZ] three-phase (was Re: OT Good, better, Bosch dishwashers)

2011-09-12 Thread Max Dillon
8:50:50 AM Subject: [MBZ] three-phase (was Re: OT Good, better, Bosch dishwashers) A friend of my parent's is a machinist. He has a home workshop with some equipment he acquired when his employer decided it was time to replace it. He doesn't have 3-phase utility power at home but makes

Re: [MBZ] three-phase (was Re: OT Good, better, Bosch dishwashers)

2011-09-12 Thread Dan Penoff
Yup. The commercial equivalent is called a rotary converter. You can run a three phase motor on single phase power, but it operates the motor at about 60%, and you risk damaging the motor depending on how it is wound and starts. Dan Sent from my iPhone On Sep 12, 2011, at 8:50 AM, "Allan Stre

[MBZ] three-phase (was Re: OT Good, better, Bosch dishwashers)

2011-09-12 Thread Allan Streib
A friend of my parent's is a machinist. He has a home workshop with some equipment he acquired when his employer decided it was time to replace it. He doesn't have 3-phase utility power at home but makes his own using a three-phase motor. Not sure exactly how this works, I think it runs on one