Can 60hz vacuum pump be used at 50hz?
Matt
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Title:
Can 60hz vacuum pump be used at 50hz?
Creator:
Matt
Date:
8/6/2013
Text:
I was wondering if anyone had had any experience using a 60hz vacuum pump on a 50 hz line.
A US 110v 60hz 1/6 HP vacuum pump was brought to us in Bolivia. We were able to get a power converter to convert the Bolivian 220v to 110v with what we believe is sufficient power but the transformer starts to smoke and the vacuum keeps cutting out. I am not sure if this is caused by the motor trying to run on the lower frequency or simply due to insufficient watts being put out by the transformer. I have search a lot on line and I am getting conflicting information in general about 60hz motors.
Does anyone had direct experience with this situation?
Thanks
Matt Pepe
Centro de Miembros Artificiales
La Paz Bolivia.
A US 110v 60hz 1/6 HP vacuum pump was brought to us in Bolivia. We were able to get a power converter to convert the Bolivian 220v to 110v with what we believe is sufficient power but the transformer starts to smoke and the vacuum keeps cutting out. I am not sure if this is caused by the motor trying to run on the lower frequency or simply due to insufficient watts being put out by the transformer. I have search a lot on line and I am getting conflicting information in general about 60hz motors.
Does anyone had direct experience with this situation?
Thanks
Matt Pepe
Centro de Miembros Artificiales
La Paz Bolivia.
Citation
Matt, “Can 60hz vacuum pump be used at 50hz?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/235466.
