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Hi Chris,
I was just looking at your post.
What sort of wood do you process as i think this probably isn't as versatile as you might hope.
I would always veer away from an electric supply for processing equipment as it limits the sites where you can process the timber and the weather conditions.
Plus due to voltage drop over a long run of cable you are limited to also being near to the mains plug so as not to damage your motor.
Posch do a very good circular saw cutting bench driven by a petrol engine and would suggest a pedestal splitter to stop all that bending down to pick up the sawn wood.
We process a lot of wood through the year on a variety of equipment to suit the site and wood type, if you let me know your intentions i will try and help you find the best solution.
Properly not as a three phase is supplied from the electric companies supply all commercial buildings have three phase installed as standard. There would not be enough current through the single phase.
From what I understand, the 3 phase supply is used in commercial premises as you can suppy 3x the power (amps) compared to the domestic single phase supply. The domestic user should not require this high power usage. Providing this 3 phase motor is not exceeding the 13amps max of a domestic plug you'd be ok. Unfortunately, the processor appears to be 7.5kw and you're limited to about 3kw through a domestic plug outlet so there's no hope there!! Whilst you can get a 7.5kw supply direct from your domestic circuit board...... like the heavy duty cable that supplies an electric oven...... its not going to be at all practical for your use!!On the other hand, I might have got this completely wrong lol!!!
you can buy a phase converter ,they are not that cheap but work very well if you get a big un
im not sure if the clark one is big enough ,in my old workshop we ran a huge one as we have monster old 3 phase tooling ,I dont remember the make of the converter though,have a check on ebay you never know what you may find
Yes, but you still can't get enough power from a domestic single phase supply. Just converting the single phase to 3 phase will not suddenly give you more available power through your 13 amp fused plug. If you convert the single phase to 3 phase, you still can't run anything more than about 3kw without blowing the fuse.
Geoff is right and even and if you had the right supply the new 3 phase head etc is pretty spendy. I looked into it for woodworking machinery.
Thanks for the replies guys, looks like 3 phase isnt really an option then.
PTO power pack? never heard of these, where do you get them?