From: dhky@shaw.ca   
      
   On 12/07/2013 5:10 AM, stryped1@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > On Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:21:12 AM UTC-5, stry...@yahoo.com wrote:   
   >> I found a Hunter DSP 9000 wheel balancer I would like to have for my home   
   shop. The problem is it is 230 volt three phase. I only have single phase   
   available to me.   
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   >> Can anyone tell me if a static converter would work for this application or   
   what is the cheapest esiest way to make something like this work?   
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   >> I appreciate it!   
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   > The balancer is 300 dollars. I would prefer a single phase unit, however I   
   live in a small area in Kentucky and not alot nearby. And of course shipping   
   on such an item would be very expensive if purchased online.   
   > I called the manufacturer and he said he would get me a price of the   
   componets needed to convert it but that it would probably be more thna I would   
   want to spend. It would require a single phase motor, a new board, as well as   
   of course the plug.   
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   > I have read conflicting things on using a converter on a balancer. Some say   
   only the motor should be 3 phase and everything else within the unit should be   
   single. Others have said everythign within is three phase. I have read that   
   you cant use a vfd or    
   static converter. I read rotary converters have very unplanced voltages on   
   each of the legs so I wonder if this would affect the accuracy of the balancer.   
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   > Kind of frustrating...   
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   Can you find a surplus 3 phase motor of a larger HP size. drive it with   
     a smaller single phase motor (the idea is simply to run it near   
   synchronous speed) and supply single phase to two of the phases- and   
   connect all 3 phases to the balancer. This is an old farmer's trick in   
   rural areas where only single phase is available.   
      
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