Re: Powering a Bridgeport in the UK
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI would disagree with that. The third option, as has been recommended by several of us is the Digital Phase Converter.A DPC (other names may be applied) is based on a digital inverter, but requires no more knowledge of electrics than how to wire a plug and the 3P machines are untouched. They simply plug in to the now available 3P supply. A normal (close coupled) inverter works very well, but wiring up is complex with extensive changes required to the one single machine it will be able to power. The advantages it can offer I found to be outweighed by the setup inconvenience and one machine limit. Static converters are potentially cheap, but have less than ideal output, can also only drive a single machine and have none of the inverter's advantages. Rotary converters work very well, but I am not prepared to have to be running an additional motor the whole time I want to be using 3P. Even without the existence of the DPC, I would never resort to a rotary converter, but that is JMO. Nothing these days is cheap, but I wouldn't consider any other solution these days than a DPC, especially if starting from scratch. Ken ?G i l l e t t _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
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