A customer of mine has a custom wood working shop at his house. I wired the shop two years ago and it has a 200A 1ph service.
He is purchasing a new moulding machine and vac system that that requires 3ph. The motors will draw a total of 142A @ 240V/3ph.
Having 3ph power from the poco is inot an option. He is miles from any three phase primaries
I have never converted 1ph to 3ph and was wondering how this conversion effects amperage on the primary. Will the draw be greater on the primary or will the secondary equal the primary.
Any one with any formulas for me?
