This motor is for an old mill. I mean belt driven old. The water wheel has been removed and was functional into the early 1980's using electric motors. Somewhere after that but between the 80s and 1993 the service was upgraded to 400A single phase. Now the non-profit group that owns it has found someone that can make some of it work. Not for real just for show. So I am taking what you have said and will probably try to see if perhaps a smaller motor will suffice. I was trying to stay awy from a phase converter as they tend to be noisy etc. I have never seen or worked with a static phase converter? Is that cost effective?
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