I'm looking at a way to run a 3 phase motor on single phase and from a video I've seen it looks possible by adding caps inline with the phases. I'm running 240v so I need caps that can handle that. I've taken apart many air compressors and the start cap on them it HUGE in physical size compared to comparable farad sized caps I pull off of boards.
From the video it looks like I will need 160-200 uf to run the motor which would be no problem with the aluminum electrolytic caps I have pulled out of power supplies, UPS backups and such. I have plenty of 450v caps that are ~200UF.
But I have to think that there is a difference in the way these caps work if there is such a difference in size.
From the video it looks like I will need 160-200 uf to run the motor which would be no problem with the aluminum electrolytic caps I have pulled out of power supplies, UPS backups and such. I have plenty of 450v caps that are ~200UF.
But I have to think that there is a difference in the way these caps work if there is such a difference in size.