Rotary Phase Converter or Variable Frequency Drive?
Just purchased my first mill and 3-phase machine (I'm a hobbyist), and I was going to wire it into my neighbors Phase Perfect since we share power at the shop, but the Phase Perfect just shit the bed.. In fact the local power co-op were able to see the failure on their grid monitoring system and they came out and cut the wiring to it.
Any suggestions? I don't want to lose any functionality or incur any additional wear on the mill's variable speed drive, which I've read could be an issue if you use the VFD and don't continue to utilize the variable speed drive. The local guys are all recommending a VFD on each piece of equipment I purchase, but I do plan to purchase a 3-phase mill and a 3-phase air compressor in the near future so I'm leaning toward Rotary. The Air compressor is 10hp, so I'm thinking I would need a 25hp rotary converter to run it?
