[41322] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 220v/50hz power rig
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miquel van Smoorenburg)
Thu Sep 6 04:00:23 2001
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From: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg)
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 07:56:57 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <200109052323.TAA05944@sigma.nrk.com>,
David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com> wrote:
>Unnamed Administration sources reported that Randy Bush said:
>> 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
>>
>If you want to test it on 50 Hz, you have a real issue. You can
>not easily generate that much; there is no easy way to morph 60
>into same.
>
>There ARE test sets that generate 50HZ from 60 (actually, 60->DC->50)
>but offhand I do not know where you'd find one.
Find a no-break UPS that can handle both 115/230 in and outputs 230
Mike.
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