The capacitor trick to run a 3phase motor ion simpngoe phase is the basis o f the many converters sold. Most have an auto transformer to convert the 23
0v to 380v so that you can run the 3 phase motor in star mode and duel spee d motors. An inverter won?t run a duel speed motor witored in star . If you want to try the capacitor converter, it?s best to run a p ilot motor of twice the hp of the machine motor and chose the cap sizes acc ordingly. Then, when you connect the machine motor to the pilot you stand a better chance if having near balanced phases.
In most modern 3 phase motors, there are 6 terminals labelled U1, U2, V1, V
2, W1 and W2 connected by links. For star, the links are usually connected in a line, thus joining U2, to V2 to W2. For delta (aka Mesh) the links a re placed in parallel so that U2 connects to V1, V2 connects to W1 and W2 connects to U1.
If you run a pilot motor on a converter, or using your own selected capacit ors, the set-up is called a rotary converter and you then connect your mach ine motor U, V and W to the pilot U, V and W respectively.
There is a lot of info on how to find the value of caps and diagrams. Pers onally, I find the inverter route the best.