Hi, all.
I recently aquired a skutt 1227, but it is 3-phase 208 at 31 Amps. For those who don't know, 3-phase is 208 volt times 3, and the skutt 1227 has 3 sections, so each section could draw 31 amps.
Naturally, I am in a residential area, so I only have access to single- phase 230 volt at perhaps 50 amps. Fortunately, I am not interested in getting the whole thing running. If I could get even one section running would be fine.
I think that I can remove two sections and run just one section on single-phase 230. 230v is only 11% more voltage than 208, so it should have a good chance of working, right? I figure that I will start with high and see if the coils get too hot too quickly. If that seems good, I can try low and see what it temp it gets up to, then medium and last high.
Has anyone tried such an experiment? Any advice for a noob? *grin* Thanks in advance.