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electrical help needed: kinda ot
Steve Gunsel
You have 220 vac - 3 PHASE power available? Or is the motor converted to
single phase? You can run 220 vac single phase power through a transformer and get 440 vac - SINGLE PHASE. You can't get THREE PHASE power from SINGLE PHASE without a "phase converter". At 09:32 PM 6/14/99 -0500, you wrote: From: mike grady <mgrady@...>110(DC) hardinge is tring to find a wiring diagram, they said not to hold mybreath. thats why they said a step up transformer from 220 to 440 would be the way to go just hook it up 440v 3 ph of rewiring the control boxhardinge recommended using a transformer to convert it to 220 instead hopefully cheapon 440 it uses no more than 4 amps where can i get a transformer, It mite get converted to cnc but I have to get it running first |
mike grady
there is a lot of electrical/electronic knowledge on this list
so I thought I would ask here I have a hardinge hct chucker that is 440v 3 ph hardinge recommended using a transformer to convert it to 220 instead of rewiring the control box on 440 it uses no more than 4 amps where can i get a transformer, hopefully cheap It mite get converted to cnc but I have to get it running first thanks mike |
Ted
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That's a control transformer, It takes line voltage and reduces it to control voltage. Depending on the year, the secondary winding on the transformer is typically 110, 12, 24, or 48 vac. Other voltages are sometimes found. Just look at the devices fed by that transformer. They will be marked with the control voltage used on that machine. Of course it's easier if you have a copy of the wiring diagrams. Manufacturere will usually sell you a copy from their archives, though they sometimes will give you a copy. If the primary uses four amps you will need a 220/240 or 208 volt (depending on your own mains) transformer that takes 8 amps on the primary. If it is the secondary winding that provides 4 amps, then it still only needs to provide 4 amps at the secondary voltage. Don't forget that overload protection and full voltage coils must be changed to handle the halved voltage and the doubled current. Control circuits do not require any changing. Any normal industrial electrical supplier should be able to provide a transformer. Ted Robbins. ---------- From: mike grady <mgrady@...>discussion of shop built systems in the above catagories. To Unsubscribe: |
mike grady
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control, heaters, transformers, would have to be changed some 440 some 110(DC) hardinge is tring to find a wiring diagram, they said not to hold my breath. thats why they said a step up transformer from 220 to 440 would be the way to go just hook it up Ted wrote: From: "Ted" <rtr@...> |
Ted
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You have three phase coming in so you need to find a three phase transformer to go from 220 to 440 or you need three single phase 220 to 440 transformers. If you can get two transformers that put out about double the required current (see below), and you have a ghost phase coming in, that is, there are really only two transformers on the pole stepping down from the higher voltage lines to the 220 three phase coming into your shop, you can use just these two heavier duty transformers on the real phases coming in. You need about twice the capacity on these two transformers because the current for the ghost phase is still going through these two transformers. You can usually discover with a voltmeter and a clamp on ammeter which is the ghost phase. When you load it with this machine or any other, if you are loading the ghost phase, the three voltages on the primary will be further out of balance than if you are not loading the ghost phase. The shop may be wired with a delta off which the main phase is split so you get 120 volts on each end of that phase to the center of that phase, which is grounded. When you look at the power pole, the large transformer is providing that phase. You hook up one transformer across that to get two legs of 440v. Then you hook up the stinger, the 208 volt to ground to either leg of the main phase you already identified. Record your readings, then disconnect from the main phase transformer and reconnect to the other end of the main phase transformer. Record your readings again and, if it is now more balanced than when hooked to the other leg, leave it. Otherwise, disconnect it anc reconnect to the other leg. Not as easy as the first two solutions. The other way, and you are going to have to do this anyway if the manufacturer can't find the prints, is to trace out the circuits. Time consuming, but you can't really troubleshoot properly without a print, so if you can't get one you must make one. Experienced people who do any more than very simple troubleshooting without prints often burn up machines. This sounds complicated, but it isn't electronics, it doesn't require a scope, and it submits to any reasonably intelligent person for the price of only a few pints of blood. Good Luck, Ted ---------- From: mike grady <mgrady@...>110(DC) hardinge is tring to find a wiring diagram, they said not to hold mybreath. thats why they said a step up transformer from 220 to 440 would be the way to go just hook it upThey coursewill be marked with the control voltage used on that machine. Of willit's easier if you have a copy of the wiring diagrams. Manufacturere 220/240usually sell you a copy from their archives, though they sometimes will onor 208 volt (depending on your own mains) transformer that takes 8 amps itthe primary. If it is the secondary winding that provides 4 amps, then ------------------------------------------------------------------------still only needs to provide 4 amps at the secondary voltage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------Having difficulty getting "in synch" with list members? ------------------------------------------------------------------------welcome to CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@..., an unmodulated list for thediscussion of shop built systems in the above catagories.To Unsubscribe: day!Who is the most visited e-mail list community Web Service? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ discussion of shop built systems in the above catagories.welcome to CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@..., an unmodulated list for the discussion of shop built systems in the above catagories.To Unsubscribe: To Unsubscribe: |
"Mo" <[email protected]
Ted,
Check out e-bay. When I searched on transformers I was flooded with a list of thousands of those darned toys that switch from a car to a robot...after wading through them there are a few links here - note shipping will be a @*!@'^1 though sea shipping should be reasonable. You can e-mail the advertisers to get more info obviously it's ultimately for you to check out the suitability of whatever you see. If you are real hungry check this out !!!!! there are smaller units which may be suitable: Mo I didnt make it clear, the problem is that most all the110(DC) hardinge is tring to find a wiring diagram, they said not to hold mybreath. thats why they said a step up transformer from 220 to 440 would be the way to go just hook it up |
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