lin842
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2008
- Location
- Richmond Va
I have read the sticky above three times and the more I read the more cornfused I get. I just got a new toy, A Cincinnati Bickford super service/21" model. It has a 3hp, 3 phase motor on it and as you might know I don't have 3 phase service here.
What I was wondering is weather to build a 7.5 hp or 10 hp one. What can I expect as far as operational cost between the two. I doubt if I will ever get another machine with anything larger than 3 to 5hp at most. I've turned down several machines I could have gotten for little or nothing because they were 3 phase but don't plan on letting anything else slide by now that I have finished my shop.
Looking at that sticky it doesn't seem to be that big a difference between building a 7.5 or 10hp machine as far as the building cost is concerned but I was just wondering about the difference in terms of energy they consume.
Also could you power something like a large oven with one of these things? I built a big powder coat oven a few years ago that has 3/10,000w heating coils in it. When I built it I set it up to where I could use 3 phase (I had 3 phase power then) but it is now set up to run off single phase. If I could run the oven off a RPC, what would the difference in operational cost be between the two? Thanks!
What I was wondering is weather to build a 7.5 hp or 10 hp one. What can I expect as far as operational cost between the two. I doubt if I will ever get another machine with anything larger than 3 to 5hp at most. I've turned down several machines I could have gotten for little or nothing because they were 3 phase but don't plan on letting anything else slide by now that I have finished my shop.
Looking at that sticky it doesn't seem to be that big a difference between building a 7.5 or 10hp machine as far as the building cost is concerned but I was just wondering about the difference in terms of energy they consume.
Also could you power something like a large oven with one of these things? I built a big powder coat oven a few years ago that has 3/10,000w heating coils in it. When I built it I set it up to where I could use 3 phase (I had 3 phase power then) but it is now set up to run off single phase. If I could run the oven off a RPC, what would the difference in operational cost be between the two? Thanks!