[AT] 3Ph, etc.

[charlie hill]

Ted,

That's pretty much the way it is here.  It's available but you have to 
convince the power company (read pay them) to hook you up.

Bear,

We don't have an oil patch here so unless there is we are in the line 
between a sub station and an industrial facility, big grain mill, or some 
place else that has high horsepower motors you aren't likely to get 3ph. 
Correct me if I'm wrong but it's basically available anywhere if there are 
two primaries and a neutral on the pole and you can get the power company to 
put in the right transformer but for some reason they are stingy with it 
here.   I'm not an electrician so I might be way off base there.

Charlie


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Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 8:29 PM
Subject: [AT] 3Ph, etc.


>
>
>        I asked the power company about installing 3Ph and it available 
> just
> 500 ft down
>        the street.   They wanted $3700 to run the line to my house.   The
> poles were
>        already in place...they would just need to run the lines and change
> the transformer.
>        Also the cost for power would nearly double.  Told them to forget 
> it
> !!
>
>       I installed a static converter for my lathe and Bridgeport mill and
> they run fine.
>       Tried to get Bridgeport Co to install a single phase motor but they
> wouldn't even
>       consider it at that time.   Maybe they have changed their thinking 
> by
> now.
>
>       Ted Harper
>
>       By the time you decide to look for greener pastures,
>       you're too old to jump the fence.
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