I posted before that Id made a quicky rotary phase converter for a 3 phase welder out of a 10hp 3450 rpm new motor and that it worked very well, but was loud as hell.
Jerry Martes gave me what appears to be a 7.5hp motor, no data plate, covered in concrete, and I fired it up yesterday. Its a 1725 rpm motor, and it did run the welder. But...it didnt run it as well as the
10hp..and it got quite hot in only a few minutes (5) weld time. Now granted it was 94F outside and the motor was in the sun, but it did get rather warmish.I put the 10hp back on, and it ran cool and the machine liked it much better. Still sounds like a GE turbofan though..damnit.
Welder is a Airco PhaseArc 350 mig, running .035 wire at 26 volts/
100-125 amps indicated..which is considerably higher than when running on the 10hp RPC for the "same" bead penetration and look.Ill continue searching for a 1720 rpm 10hp motor.
Btw..if anyone in So. Cal wants to make up an 5hp RPC..I have a very NICE old, incredibly heavy 1140 rpm (!) 5hp motor that should make a boffo one.
Plus I have this 7.5hp motor for a 7.5hp RPC as its not going to work for me in this application. Its hideously ugly..but it runs strong. It would make a good RPC if you were going to tuck it away out of sight
Or Ill simply gang it with my existing 5 hp commercial RPC, which isnt a bad idea at all...hummm
Gunner