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Anonymous Poster #1

Power Converting

12/11/2011 4:34 PM

i want to convert 480 volt 3 phase to 120 volt single phase. is this possible
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Re: power converting

12/11/2011 4:36 PM

no
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Anonymous Poster #2
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Re: power converting

12/11/2011 9:04 PM

C'est ne pas possible", m'ecrivez-vous: cela n'est pas français.
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Anonymous Poster #3
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Re: power converting

12/11/2011 9:40 PM

Ne pas être un moron.It est possible, et assez facile à faire trop.
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Re: power converting

12/11/2011 4:46 PM

Sure it is... use a single phase step down transformer.

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12/11/2011 5:18 PM

Is Anonymous Poster #1 answering his own question? What were you thinking?

no problem at all. just pick the transformer size you need.
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Re: power converting

12/11/2011 7:15 PM

Yes, but obviously you don't understand why. This is such a basic question that I'd want to hear why our AP thinks that it cannot be done before explaining anything further.

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12/12/2011 3:17 AM

Yes. Of course it is.

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12/13/2011 12:17 PM

no...really? Nope...really? You want to do it or you want a transformer to do it?

maybe...better ask an engineer
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