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| slowcoach:
Cheers Darren, I thought it would be. A friend of mine has chance of getting one, he wants to use his dual voltage 2hp phase inverter to run it. Thanks again :thumbup: Rob |
| Stormin:
They feed and coolant motor on my milling machine came rated as 440v star only. To enable it to be run off my VFD I took it to a local motor rewind shop. The chap there found the star point of the motor and soldered a couple of extra wires on to take them out to the connector box. I then had a motor I could either run in star or Delta. Total cost £20. Lot cheaper than sourcing a new motor and trying to get it to fit in the limited space inside the mill. |
| Richard:
Hi to you all am a newbie on here ,i have just acquired a Beaver Mill the Tag said VBRP, i bought a manual to try and identify what it is,Mk1 Or MK2 and no glaring points to see so i am going by what the manual said as to which type was fitted with what Table Dimension,its bit hit and miss.I recently tried to buy an Inverter at Drives Direct because i only have single phase 240V and they asked if it was a Dual Voltage Motor,and i should remove the Motor plate and see how the wires are connected,the Motor Plate said 400-440V 3Phase,1.5 Hp 2.6 FL Amps etc,but there is no cover like other motors,i removed the top but all i saw is the Armature and windings and 3 wires that disappear into the motor,am now wondering if i have to take the pulley and front cover to see where the wire goes,i have this strange feeling it not a dual Voltage as the Seller said,the feed motor is also 3phase i believe its a 1/4 hp 3phase 400-440motor like the one on the top,in the manual there is a wiring diagram with some interesting switches and weird hook up,tell you what is a new journey in Electrics,doing some serious research,am stuck as i cant believe the only way around this is mega bucks,any help much appreciate if anyone has overcome the said challenge. cheers Richard |
| Swarfing:
Richard I replaced my bridgeport motor with 2HP single phase. I would have loved to have used a VFD but the motor was knackerd and the cheapest option for me was to just replace the motor. For the bed motor i was able to change to 240 Delta then i used this site to sort out the phasing http://www.waterfront-woods.com/Articles/phaseconverter.htm. On a small motor is not a problem and used motor capacitors fr the job. Hope that helps |
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