classiccmp-digest V1 #851

From: Johnny Billquist <bqt_at_update.uu.se>
Date: Sat Feb 2 11:34:53 2002

On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, classiccmp-digest wrote:

> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 08:19:18 -0800 (PST)
> From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Anything special about converting VAX 11/780 to single phase?
>
> - --- Robert F Schaefer <rschaefe_at_gcfn.org> wrote:
> > ISTR there was a model that had 3-phase blower motors. A three-phase
> > motor will not operate on single-phase. It *has* to have all three legs
> > to run.
>
> We had an 8530 that needed 3-phase. I had to install the plug on the
> panel for our AC because our machine-panel only had two legs (everything
> we had was single-phase 120VAC except the TU78 - 220V). Our AC was
> large enough that it had a 3-phase compressor.

The 8530 don't *nned* 3-phase to run. It's normally equipped with a
3-phase connector, but it can be converted.

The machine Robert is thinking of is the 86x0 machine, which have 3-phase
motors in the fans.

        Johnny

Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus
                                  || on a psychedelic trip
email: bqt_at_update.uu.se || Reading murder books
pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
Received on Sat Feb 02 2002 - 11:34:53 GMT