Tuesday 1/9/98
GM3WOJ = wrong ! W5AJ = correct !
Thanks to Robert W5AJ for continuing to question me about
having 2 phases at this QTH !
I was wrong ! I don't have 2 phases after all -
just what the local electricity company call 'split-phase'
- I walked up the hill to look at the pole-mounted transformer,
and there are only 2 wires feeding it from the 11kV overhead
lines. There are 3 wires from the secondary i.e. 240-0-240v
and I now realise that I only have 1 phase, but 2 separate
'live' wires with a common neutral !
Oh well - I'll have to find a single-phase motor (need about
0.6HP) and connect it with a flexible shaft-coupler to the
existing fan assembly.
Thanks for your perseverance Robert - you saved me a lot of
wasted time !
73 Chris GM3WOJ
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