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electrical

  1. John Torchick

    Electrical question for heater

    My shop is very cold. Right now, two 110V 1500W heaters take about two hours to bring the temp from mid 50s to about 66-68 degrees. Looking for a 240V electric heater of about 4800-5000W to heat about 350 SF. Heaters spec to 400 SF. Plug-in units have the #6-30NEMA plug. Plug has two horizontal...
  2. J

    VFD for a single phase 1.5 HP motor?

    Hi all, I have an old lathe (1949)with a step pulley arrangement. I want to control the speed better. Is it possible to put a variable frequency drive on a single phase AC 1.5 motor? I'm getting conflicting ideas about this when searching the net for info. Has anyone done this? Point me in the...
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