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I’m not sure you can get a single phase 7.5 hp motor. Some years ago, I bought a scuba compressor and the largest single phase motor at that time was 5 hp.

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Holy smokes…24”? Did you need a forklift to get it into your shop? I dont know anything about the 3 phase aspect, but I bet that badboy is plenty power hungry. Good luck getting it going, i am seeing a blackout in the neighborhood when you flip it on.

Your best bet might be to purchase a phase converter. That’s the trouble with large 3 phase motors the converter could cost as much as the machine. If your shop is in a commerical area you might beable to get 3phase installed.

-- Tom D

By the time your all said and done you may have 2 grand into it with a 10hp phase converter (you always need to go more than the rating for the motor), bearing replacements, wiring, chiropractor bills..lol, etc.
probably would have been better off buying a new 15”.
Good luck setting it up. That will be an awesome machine when you get it going.

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well thanks for the responses, we did need a forklift, and my dad said that I can use the phase converter in his shop to run it. (He has a metalworking shop with a 20hp converter) We are going to hook the planer into his 30kva transformer that he got with his milling machine so that it can be run on 440. I was talking with him last night, and he said that the motors have gotton so expensive that it will be better to wait until a deal pops up and then we can get a single phase motor. But for the three plugs I need and the wire I will have a total of about $1000 in it which is cheaper in the long run than a 15 inch because now I can do some wide panels and table tops to get them thicknessed. Thats why I bought the size I did gary. Thanks all

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It sounds like you’ve got the power covered. Why are you still looking at a 1ph replacement? I’ve never seen a 1ph that big. That’s an awesome machine.

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Get a VFD driver for the existing motor

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@cr1 whats a VFD drive?

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Factorymation Here is the link to the VFD I purchased and a video of how it functions on my saw. I looked but not sure of your set up so cant recommend the exact VFD, but I can say that it is the only way I would setup a three phase unit is a residential shop. Call the reps at Factorymation, they literally talked me through the wiring process on my saw and even celebrated a little on the phone with me when it fired up.

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