[41317] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 220v/50hz power rig
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lincoln Dale)
Wed Sep 5 23:45:39 2001
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Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 20:42:23 -0700
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
From: Lincoln Dale <ltd@interlink.com.au>
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At 12:12 PM 5/09/2001 -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
>you're gonna love this one.
>
>i have a piece of equipment i will be shipping to china that i want to test
>before i ship it over. it has a <gasp!> electric motor! so i need some
>kind of transformer/inverter setup that plugs into red blooded american
>115v/60hz and can handle
>
> Power requirement: 1.5 kW
> Voltage requirement: 220 V
> Frequency: 50/60 Hz
> Current requirement: 10 A
there's at least 4 ways to do it:
[1] its easy enough in Australia to get '240V/50Hz -> 110V/60Hz'
transformers.
i would imagine you could probably find the same thing in USA without
too much
difficulty.
[2] on this side of the planet, its pretty easy to get hold of small
portable diesel
generators that can output 1500W @ 240V.
[3] there's certainly inverters that'll convert -48DC to 240V/50Hz. a
couple of
car batteries or your favourite telco DC rail would do nicely.
[4] besides USA and Japan, just about everywhere else in the world uses
240V AC. sounds like an excuse for a European or Australian holiday
to me ...
cheers,
lincoln.
