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It is not possible to get 400Hz from 60Hz using a rotary converter. They require different shaft speeds.

The company in that link appears to disagree with that statement. [Linked Image]

The first unit shown is indeed a belt drive, but the next *one is common shaft*.

I recall that a while back someone invented a motor/generator with "rewritable poles", in other words, through some sort of control it was able to shift the magnetic location of its poles actively while running. I'll try to dredge up a link...

edited text between *, the last item on the linked page is actually a line isolator.

[This message has been edited by mxslick (edited 02-02-2006).]

Stupid should be painful.