James Rogers
Aluminum
- Joined
- May 27, 2009
- Location
- Asheville, NC USA
This might be the wrong place to post this but I didn't see anyplace else for a question of this nature.
We just went through a 4 day run without any electricity and I just wondered if a 3 phase motor attached to a gasoline motor would produce power? I use a 3 phase motor in a RPC capacity and produce power on one leg by running it on 2 legs to get 3 phase for the mill and lathe so, I figure it might work. If it is run with an outside source of power would it produce power on all legs? Would it need run caps?
I ask because I have a couple of Model A motors that I could use as a dedicated power source for a generator if this would work. I could machine a groove in the flywheel and use it as a pulley for a belt drive and gear the motor to run at or about 1750 RPM.
We just went through a 4 day run without any electricity and I just wondered if a 3 phase motor attached to a gasoline motor would produce power? I use a 3 phase motor in a RPC capacity and produce power on one leg by running it on 2 legs to get 3 phase for the mill and lathe so, I figure it might work. If it is run with an outside source of power would it produce power on all legs? Would it need run caps?
I ask because I have a couple of Model A motors that I could use as a dedicated power source for a generator if this would work. I could machine a groove in the flywheel and use it as a pulley for a belt drive and gear the motor to run at or about 1750 RPM.