Plenty O Tools

[Tom Kitta]

Yeah, small market SK - if this was near Calgary prices would be much higher for many items.

 

[garageguy]

Mike, how did you know what you were getting? Seemed like the pic of electrical boxes did not show tags or anything but a metal box.

 

[Scattered Parts]

The one I bought was the only one that was still hooked up to the phase converter, so I figured that it probably still worked. It was definitely quite new compared to the other transformers. Oh and it was the only one with a legible label on it! Turns out it steps up from 240 to 480 V and is 9 kVA. Been looking for a while and suddenly here it was!

 

[Tom Kitta]

The one I bought was the only one that was still hooked up to the phase converter, so I figured that it probably still worked. It was definitely quite new compared to the other transformers. Oh and it was the only one with a legible label on it! Turns out it steps up from 240 to 480 V and is 9 kVA. Been looking for a while and suddenly here it was!

Certainly better then my setup of stepping up to 600 and down to 460

 

[Scattered Parts]

Certainly better then my setup of stepping up to 600 and down to 460

If it works, at least your equipment is running. My lathe has sat for nearly a year while I looked for a transformer.

 

[Tom Kitta]

If it works, at least your equipment is running. My lathe has sat for nearly a year while I looked for a transformer.

True, but I also run 440V stuff on 240V and 440V on 550V for some time now. I guess with a lathe it would be difficult - the 440V grinder was anemic on 240v. It has like only 1/3 power.