Re: FREE TO A GOOD HOME

From: John Santos (JOHN_at_egh.com)
Date: 05/28/03

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    Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 20:25:59 -0400

    On Tue, 27 May 2003, Alan Frisbie wrote:

    > Lord Isildur wrote:
    >
    > > the fujitsu eagles, i think, ran on 3-phase.
    >
    > No, it did not. I have one in my house, and I can assure you
    > that it does not require 3-phase.
    >
    > I wish I *did* have 3-phase power to my house (for my CNC milling
    > machine, etc.), but the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
    > seems to have some rule about "No 3-phase power in residential units".
    > Fortunately, phase converters are available.
    >
    > Alan

    My sister lives in a very rural part of western Massachusetts.
    She and my BIL own a crafts business that makes sheepskin clothing
    (http://www.leprechaunsheepskin.com). They used to work out of
    their house and had several large strange machines in their
    living room, including one my sister calls the clicker, which
    was 3-phase. It is a stamping machine (1920's vintage) that they
    used to cut out parts by pressing specially-shaped steel cutting
    blades through stacks of sheepskins. It makes a loud click when
    the blade hits the platform underneath.

    I know it used 3-phase power because for several years it didn't
    work properly. (I think it seemed sluggish and less powerful than
    it had originally.) Then they had someone work on it for some
    reason, and he discovered one of the phases was wired backwards
    and was fighting the other 2 phases instead of aiding them. They
    corrected the wiring, and suddenly it was like new.

    There are lots of farms in the area; maybe the local electric
    company is more inclined to put in 3-phase because some farm
    equipment requires it? 

    -- 
John Santos
Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.
781-861-0670 ext 539
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