Good evening all,
I found myself in possession of a 5hp 3phase 230v sawstop table saw and of course my garage doesn't have 3 phase power, so I'm looking into rotary phase converters. I saw a used cedarberg model 50 pop up near me which is rated to start a 5hp motor (with a 7.5hp idler) and was wondering if this would adequately run my saw. It looks like the rule of thumb is to have an idler at 2x the rated HP of the load motor you're trying to run, and cedarberg is the first place I've seen to recommend otherwise. My other question is related to the rated amperage of the manufactured leg - per cedarberg's catalogue (https://cedarberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PhaseConvCatWeb.pdf) this RPC is rated at 6amp output, and I believe the saw is a 12amp saw...
Another huge limitation is that I only have 60 amp service running to my garage. I have a working 15hp 3phase motor at my disposal but believe I would need to upgrade power running to my garage to use that as my idler if I were to buy a panel for it.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
I found myself in possession of a 5hp 3phase 230v sawstop table saw and of course my garage doesn't have 3 phase power, so I'm looking into rotary phase converters. I saw a used cedarberg model 50 pop up near me which is rated to start a 5hp motor (with a 7.5hp idler) and was wondering if this would adequately run my saw. It looks like the rule of thumb is to have an idler at 2x the rated HP of the load motor you're trying to run, and cedarberg is the first place I've seen to recommend otherwise. My other question is related to the rated amperage of the manufactured leg - per cedarberg's catalogue (https://cedarberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/PhaseConvCatWeb.pdf) this RPC is rated at 6amp output, and I believe the saw is a 12amp saw...
Another huge limitation is that I only have 60 amp service running to my garage. I have a working 15hp 3phase motor at my disposal but believe I would need to upgrade power running to my garage to use that as my idler if I were to buy a panel for it.
Thanks in advance for any advice!