On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 09:30:19 -0500, the renowned "BFoelsch"
wrote:

How would you hook up a 3-phase motor to run on 2 phases?

A 3-phase motor has 3 wires. If you break one wire, it's running on
single phase, not two. Break two wires and it tends to just sit there.

How would you hook up a 3 phase motor to run on one phase?

I don't care whether they work or not, I just want to see the wiring
diagram.

Single phase applied to two of the three wires. It works better with
capacitors to the third (otherwise unconnected) wire. The motor won't
start like this, you either need to give it a spin or use another
(starting) capacitor and some switching.


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Spehro Pefhany
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