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Originally Posted by red-beard View Post
In the old days, you used a rotating phase converter. Fancy way of saying a large single phase motor with a synchronous generator on the other end.

These days they are not expensive.

1 phase to 3 phase converter for 5 HP - $499

https://www.driveswarehouse.com/ode-3-320153-1042
Son of a.. where were these when I needed one. I have the capacitor and rotating motor version. Simple but noisy and uses power all the while it’s turned on.
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