Posted by David Sherman on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 9:51PM :
In Reply to: Re: OT - Single Phase to Three Phase RPC's posted by Clint Dixon (Curator of Antiquities) on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 at 7:14PM :
If his very large 3-phase motor is too large for the hillbilly phase converter starting method, he can use a smaller motor with a rope wound on it and once that one's up to speed, use it to start the large one. They don't need to be mechanically connected, just wired into the same wires.