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Table of Contents
Introduction
Knowledge and Choices.
Electricity as Fuel, Why 3-phase is Better Power
Getting over culture shock and up the learning curve.
Electrical Slight-of-Hand?
Producing the "Third Leg;" Prying 3-phase out of your utility company.
Producing the "Third Leg:" Static, or Capacitor Method
Static Converters and their limited applicability; Some means to enhanced performance; Concluding summary on the device.
Dynamic or Rotary/Capacitor Phase Converters
Recommended construction; How they work.
Balanced Voltages
Ways this is achieved, and some mistakes to avoid.
Converter Voltages and Small-Motor Operation
"Minimum loads" on rotary converters; How to shift power to the biggest load.
Automatic Voltage Regulation
Needed, but how broad is the applicability? Some major pitfalls.
Re-Defining Converter Design: The High-Resistance Rotor
Re-thinking a dinosaur deign: What do a race car and a rotor have in common; Litmus tests; dishonest latecomers to the industry; Newer technology
Summary and Concluding Advice
Application of Phase Converters
Overview & help in selection: Motor loads; CNC and voltage-sensitive equipment.
Specialized Machines
Making sure Computerized Machine Tools (CNC) have the right kind of power.
Supply Voltage
Gettingprecise voltage to your machine; Buck/boost transformers
Appendices
- How Wild is the "Wild Leg?"
- Perfect 3-phase From a Single-Phase Line.
Notes about the Phase Conversion Method:
A focus on performance.
A Note from the Writer
Meet the guy who wrote the book.
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