[Amps] Benefits of 3-phase power?

[Bill Coleman]

Some interesting reading on the AC to DC to AC technology can be found here.

http://www.siemens.com/page/1,3771,261226-1-12_2_261226-0,00.html

In keeping with the theme of the reflector... this is pretty high power
stuff, like 3000 Megawatts !

73, Bill  N2BC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Radio WC6W" <wc6w at juno.com>
To: <r at somis.org>; <wrt at dslextreme.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Benefits of 3-phase power?


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> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:39:56 -0800 R.Measures <r at somis.org> writes:
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> > >How do they convert such high DC voltages to AC?  Thyratrons or
> > >something similar?
> > >
> > **  Beats me, Bill, but stacked hydrogen thyratrons sounds likely.
> > When the Sylmar inverter fired up for the first time, the RFI problem
> was
> > cataclysmic.  Screen-shielding eventually solved the problem.
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>    Probably SCR's now-a-days.   See the link below for a typical
> installation.
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> http://www.hydro.mb.ca/our_facilities/cs_dorsey.shtml
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> 73 & Good morning,
>   Marv  WC6W
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