Wiring up a 30HP rotary phase converter

[Oscar]

LOL!!!! sounds like you're afraid of the code nazi's on here..

Glad to hear it's working good!!! I always shied away from a big RPC just because of the inrush draw as we are on a shared transformer with not the best starting voltage to begin with... but sounds like I probably worried too much and ought to just do it as I have a 20hp on my big 30 inch lathe and you have to run a genny to use it right now...

Not afraid, just don't want to clutter the thread.

I've come to see that different vendors/manufacturers use dfferent amount of start caps, and I think this makes a big difference. Ive seen some 30HP kits with as little as 4-6 caps, where mine has 10. You can also have them built with soft-start circuits snd that greatly increases the size one can run when limited on input power. This one uses up 72 FLA's, so if you don't factor in any kind of in-rush, there's likely a lot more one can run on say a 100A breaker.

I'll post up a pic of the outside, but not my messy wiring as I have come to despise it after having to wrestle with 2/0 thhn. What a pain!

[ronsii]

Not afraid, just don't want to clutter the thread.

I've come to see that different vendors/manufacturers use dfferent amount of start caps, and I think this makes a big difference. Ive seen some 30HP kits with as little as 4-6 caps, where mine has 10. You can also have them built with soft-start circuits snd that greatly increases the size one can run when limited on input power. This one uses up 72 FLA's, so if you don't factor in any kind of in-rush, there's likely a lot more one can run on say a 100A breaker.

I'll post up a pic of the outside, but not my messy wiring as I have come to despise it after having to wrestle with 2/0 thhn. What a pain!

LOL!!! yeah I get it just yanking your chain a bit

I have 2 - 200 amp feeds to the main service panels then a second 200 amp panel right next to them fed from just one of the main 200's... but I also have a 50 amp cross connect(for emergencies and equalizing ) I can cut in when needed and from the third 200 amp panel I run a 30 space sub panel which I think is also a 200 amp panel??? but may be a 150... from there I have 180 feet of 4/O 4/O 2/O to the casting shop but that is fed on a 125 amp breaker.. after that I run about 140 feet of 8ga. on a 50 amp breaker to the sawmill shed.. mainly just for lights/etc...

[Oscar]

Better call a professional [SPAM LINK REMOVED] just to be safe. It's good to DIY but better safe than sorry.

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[Tensaiteki]

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[Oscar]

my bad! Thanks for the help.