Well boys and girls, I gots a problem with my rpc. It may not be a problem, but who knows. I had an electrician buddy of mine put together my rpc according to a schematic on here. But for some odd reason, it kept blowing capacitors. So, he re did the whole sh-bang, he made me a rpc the "old school" way. It has a 110 starter motor to get the 3 phase idler motor up to speed.
It works, but it came uncoupled today. (it uses a love-joy coupling to join the two motors). Any who, once I seen it came uncoupled, I shut off power to the whole shop. Threw the main breaker!!! No power any where. Reached down to touch the coupling, BAM got lit up anic:. Dont do that lol:lmao: There are no capacitor's any where in the system. Not balanced, nothing.
So, when using a 3 phase idler motor, generating the third leg, Im guessing it can store some energy. Right? How do I discharge this so I can safely couple it back up?
Thanks,
Chris
P.S. Its ok to laugh about the situation, Im fine no harm. But safety first, which I didnt do. I just ASSumed and you just read what happened. NOT good :nono: Always be safe.
It works, but it came uncoupled today. (it uses a love-joy coupling to join the two motors). Any who, once I seen it came uncoupled, I shut off power to the whole shop. Threw the main breaker!!! No power any where. Reached down to touch the coupling, BAM got lit up anic:. Dont do that lol:lmao: There are no capacitor's any where in the system. Not balanced, nothing.
So, when using a 3 phase idler motor, generating the third leg, Im guessing it can store some energy. Right? How do I discharge this so I can safely couple it back up?
Thanks,
Chris
P.S. Its ok to laugh about the situation, Im fine no harm. But safety first, which I didnt do. I just ASSumed and you just read what happened. NOT good :nono: Always be safe.