Re: [ihc] 3/1 phase question

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 10:04 PM 4/5/04, Joel Furtek wrote:
>Fellow binders,
>Please forgive the off-topic question, but I recall a rather lengthy
>discussion of 1 and 3 phase electrics some time ago.  Could a kind
>soul email me (off-list if advised) with a rather simple readers'
>digest version of an answer to this question:  Could a 3-phase
>generator (ex mil, self propelled) reasonably be adapted to power a
>home (single-phase)?
>Thanks!
>Joel

Simple answer is yes, sort of, but NO, not very efficiently.

Greg

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