I am installing a small (2 to 3kW) hydro electric turbine system at my home.
The alternator produces a nominal 60 VAC per leg with two three-phase WYE winding sets, or 6 hot leads of 60 V / 5 amps / 300 watts per "leg." It's wound WYE, so there are 6 wires total.
I want to step this up to 480 / 600 VAC in order to be able to afford the 4,800' of wire needed to cover an 800' run between the turbine site and the loads, then step it back down. The turbine maker suggested using 6 single phase 1/10 - 10/1 transformers per end since 3 phase xfmrs generally don't come is such small sizes. Basically, he said to wire a transformer between leads 1 and 2, another between 2 and 3 and another between 3 and 1, and then doing the same to step things down on the far end.
Anyone care to comment on this idea?
The alternator produces a nominal 60 VAC per leg with two three-phase WYE winding sets, or 6 hot leads of 60 V / 5 amps / 300 watts per "leg." It's wound WYE, so there are 6 wires total.
I want to step this up to 480 / 600 VAC in order to be able to afford the 4,800' of wire needed to cover an 800' run between the turbine site and the loads, then step it back down. The turbine maker suggested using 6 single phase 1/10 - 10/1 transformers per end since 3 phase xfmrs generally don't come is such small sizes. Basically, he said to wire a transformer between leads 1 and 2, another between 2 and 3 and another between 3 and 1, and then doing the same to step things down on the far end.
Anyone care to comment on this idea?