I don't know about the rest of NC, but Western (Asheville area) seems to have some seriously dirty power. I've spoken to a couple local electricians who've described it as such.
In personal experience, I've been through two midi-lathe VFD units as the result of whatever hokey power is pumped out over here.
I'm on the precipice of purchasing a nice new Jet 16-42, but would really rather avoid cooking its VFD.
Are there any affordable power cleaning/regulation devices out there that will protect the 220v 2HP Jet?
I had a decent surge-protector hooked up to the other machine after the first vfd bit the dust, but then the next died the same death. My assumption is that the voltage at the line is varying pretty substantially (which a surge protector would not protect against), though I've not put a meter on it to confirm.
I welcome any advice here....
In personal experience, I've been through two midi-lathe VFD units as the result of whatever hokey power is pumped out over here.
I'm on the precipice of purchasing a nice new Jet 16-42, but would really rather avoid cooking its VFD.
Are there any affordable power cleaning/regulation devices out there that will protect the 220v 2HP Jet?
I had a decent surge-protector hooked up to the other machine after the first vfd bit the dust, but then the next died the same death. My assumption is that the voltage at the line is varying pretty substantially (which a surge protector would not protect against), though I've not put a meter on it to confirm.
I welcome any advice here....