Hi All,
I have recently purchased a motor soft starter from aliexpress for a 3 phase motor
Before connecting load I measured the input and output voltages.
Input voltages between each phase is 400V. However when I measure the output, voltages (after timer delay) is different.
Output...
Hello - hope someone can advise please.
I have a recently purchased second hand Myford lathe which has a 3-phase inverter (Siemens Micromaster 410)
Lathe all works fine but regularly trips my RCCB 80A 30mA breaker taking out half of the board - usually when first powering on. The inverter is...
Hi I have a 3phase shop in a high humidity area in (Hawaii) and I'm having some issues with low voltage on the single phase outlets on the 120v side.
Every once in a while the electric goes out on the regular outlets but the three phase works perfectly fine.
Usually at night all the outlets...
Hi there, I've got a 3 phase compressor and a small 8500W single and 3 phase generator. My compressor has a large 32amp plug on it but my generator only has a 16amp socket so my question being can I swap the 32amp plug to a 16amp plug?
Sorry if this is a daft question.
Thanks guys 🙂
It's coming out anyway so it's a rhetorical question.
What do you you all think of this?
Bits of wire used to bridge the bus bars and don't single phase consumer units need a linked switched line and neutral?
Hey all. I have a Hobart LXe commercial dishwasher that Im trying to run on 3 phase power. The manual specifies 208-240/60/3 with an ampacity of 30 A. I have a 30A 3 pole breaker installed in my panel (and yes, I have 3 phase power) with one pole at 208v, and the other 2 at 120v. The connection...
Hi there
I have not done a huge amount of work on 3phase.
I am installing a Induction Hob as part of a new Kitchen refurb- to be specific the hob is NEFF T59FSRX2.
It is a 11,100W with the ability to power limit and support single or three phase connection.
NEFF have not provided great...
A customer recently lost power to part of their electrical installation. On arrival I found all IEC 60947-3 devices had supposedly tripped - including the main switch rated at In 400A. Excluding the possibility of someone tapering with the board, can anyone think of any other reason why this...
I was speaking to an Electrician a few years back as he was balancing out a 3 phase supply.
To me it sounded like he was trying to get close to each phase supplying roughly the same Kw's to both of the lines/live/hot.
Is this correct, if so how close do you have to be in this balancing stage...
Hi! Currently doing a job that they have decided against getting gas meters and going all electric.
Electric boiler 9.5kw
2x shower 9.5kw
Hob say 6.5kw
2x 32a ringmains
2x 6a lighting circuits
I understand they have had a 13Kva supply installed.
Obviously this will not be enough to run all...
Hi all,
I recently bought a CNC router and dust collector and need to connect it to my 3x380v+N power source.
I want the CNC router connected to the under/over voltage protection and the motor also connected to the overload protection.
Can someone please check if I connect the machines as in my...
Hi All
So i have just got a job of doing a rewire on a small flat, which includes change of DB etc... Currently this is fed from a 3 phase DB in a commercial premises below. The feed cable is over 25m long (16mm T&E). the client has asked for a sub main tennant meter to be installed. At the...
I have a metal lathe, 1.5hp, 3phase, 575v motor. Can I just replace the motor with a single phase,220v motor? Would all the lathe wiring , switches, relays work? IF so, what HP motor should I buy? Thanks,
I'm looking to install a traditional coffee machine which has total power 3300w and the wiring supplied with it is brown L1, black L2, grey L3 & Neutal with earth.
How would this need to wired to operate on a single phase 16Amp supply?
After having a discussion with a colleague earlier today I was wondering what peoples preferred method is when testing prospective fault current on a three phase distribution board.
Do you:
A. Perform a 2 lead test between L1-E, L2-E, L3-E, L1-N, L2-N & L3-N then double the highest value.
Or...
Hi Lads,
You might think i'm a di*k already from the forum title but I desperately need some help. I've got a small business and if I wasn't skint, i'd obviously have an electrician come to advise me. I added some kitchen equipment to the warehouse - most of the equipment can plug in to the...
looked at a rewire of a 4storey property today (lower,ground,1st,2nd)
they is a 100a 3ph head on lower floor- and there is 2x seperate SP c/u (think there use to be 2x flats)
but is now going to be one house
best option?... to install something like a 8way 3ph amd3 dis board by the head on...
Im specking a large 480a cable over 160m ive done cable calcs and come up with 2x 120mm 70c armored.
now Im trying to work out my max zs...with no avail.
my main ze is 0.17 but my mccb is saying max zs of 0.054 and my mccb will not trip... why is it so low?
its impossible to get my zs less than...
Hi. Just having a moment and doubting some work that I have done. Although discussed with a couple of other sparks and niceic tech line and they said was the right way.
House had a single phase board and a 3phase for old storage heaters. Storage heaters out and replaced for lower cost...
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