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Building a converter is easy: digital controller 15HP
The controller plus plans and tips to build a digital rotary single to three-phase converter.
Rotary converters without such a controller:
- The generated phase voltage varies with changing loads.
- Motors and machines cannot develop their full nameplate power.
- CNC machines, plasma cutters, VSDs, inverter type welders disconnect from power (unless a converter is heavily oversized).
- Motors start and accelerate sluggishly.
Build a single to three-phase converter with this digital controller:
* Phase voltages are digitally balanced to within 3%.
* Voltages remain stable at all loads.
* CNC, VFDs, welders, plasma cutters work well.
* Long life expectancy: No contacts, no electrolytic capacitors are used.
* Soft solid-state capacitor switching at zero crossings: waveforms are perfectly sinusoidal.
* Boost currents are produced when a motor starts: Motors and machines accelerate fast.
* No harmonics, no EMC is produced. Power quality and emissions meet all standards.
* No restrictions: All loads are allowed (motors, electronics, heaters, transformers, resistive, inductive.
* A converter built with this controller will ride through blackout and brown-outs.
* Phase angles are 120 degrees apart as with utility supplied power.
* Same specifications as the Booster converters in USA, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, India and the Digi-Phase in the UK.
Use a safe and well ventilated sheet metal box.
Install a standard three-phase motor on soft mounts outside or inside the box.
Install standard metalized polypropylene capacitors (Motor Run).
Install this digital single to three-phase Booster controller.
An electrician should finish the wiring if you are not the electrical expert.
Parts, kits, support and complete solutions are available in the US, UK, Australia, NZ.
Sources are listed in the supplied documents (or google now).
Installing the components is easy.
Reading the wiring diagrams requires electrical knowledge.
* A digital controller F-12. Predecessor of the latest version F-12M (built-in surge protector). A few left on stock.
* You can build a 4 or 8 or 12kW digital converter.
* external surge protectors and discharge resistors,
* wiring diagrams for four different converters 4kW 8kW 12kW (5- 11- 16HP),
* part specifications, building instructions, tips, 11 pages.
* No movies, no books, not the internal circuitry of the digital controllers. Not the motor, not the capacitors.
* A safe sheet metal enclosure.
* A standard three-phase motor 5 or 10 or 15hp (delta configuration, 2 pole).
* A set of motor run capacitors.
* Appliances wire, connectors, terminals.
Supply voltage of your new Booster converter will be single phase 240V.
The balanced three-phase output voltages will be 3x 240V
