[TheForge] [OT] Re: Variable-speed motor & controller

[James Binnion]

Motors are fairly tolerant of voltage variation. You are within 10  
percent of name plate voltage it should probably work fine. If you  
want you could use an autotransformer or buck/boost transformer to  
give exact nameplate voltage.

James Binnion
jbin at well.com



On Jul 22, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
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>
> Bonus OT question for anybody who's gotten this far:  Can I plug a 2HP
> motor that's plate-rated for 208V single phase into a ordinary
> (nominal) 240V line?  (My line voltage measures 230V.)  There's no
> mention on the plate of multiple voltages, 3-phase or anything like
> that.  Just 2HP, 208V, Phase 1.  Lots of stuff online by/for people  
> who
> want to plug 240V single phase motors into two legs of their
> 3-phase service or their 208V service but little clear advice for me.
> Doesn't sound promising.