Originally Posted by
Stewey
Thanks, Ian, I'm an Ian also...!
I bought a rotary converter in a box - the size of an esky, about 8 years ago $2300 from a mob in Bendigo... 3hp capacity. (2.2kW)
It is dead quiet, but it never performed too brilliantly - and If I wanted to start the 3hp drill press, it would have hissy fits with the magnetic contacts in the starter button, and the 3hp wood lathe was a struggle too, even under no load and belts off. The machine would trip out under 'overload' to get started, unless I manually gave it as spin then ran back and pressed the on button a few times, to get it up to speed.
I bought that RPC to run a 3hp cnc spindle, which it does, but you have to take that gently - so I leave it for that task alone, and don't try and use if for other 'cruder' or less sensitive tasks.
We have a 20kva genset, and needed to run that for any other 3 phase needs - but running out of diesel in the middle of a job is not fun, hence the idea of making a rotary converter...
Thanks for the reply!