SD44
New Member
Guys, my dad is sort of a jack of all trades, and alot of times I just have to take his word on things because I'm not, especially with electricity.
I live in a rural area about 10 miles out of town. We obviously have 2 phase at our house. We just moved here, and I have a shop with no electricity. I have a couple old cars that I am going to restore, and my dad is going to help run electricity to it. He came over yesterday and said he noticed out on the highway that there is 3 phase on the poles (There is a factory down the road). He said he has a friend at the power company, and is going to speak to him about possibly getting my house transformer changed over to 3 phase, so I'll have 3 phase in my house and out at my shop. He has a huge compressor that he is going to give me to do paint/bodywork with, and he said it needs 3 phase. He says it will cut my lightbill almost in half. I'm about to get a new central unit, and he told me to wait on that until we know if we can get the 3 phase.
Is he right? If I could get it changed, would I be better with 3 phase?
I live in a rural area about 10 miles out of town. We obviously have 2 phase at our house. We just moved here, and I have a shop with no electricity. I have a couple old cars that I am going to restore, and my dad is going to help run electricity to it. He came over yesterday and said he noticed out on the highway that there is 3 phase on the poles (There is a factory down the road). He said he has a friend at the power company, and is going to speak to him about possibly getting my house transformer changed over to 3 phase, so I'll have 3 phase in my house and out at my shop. He has a huge compressor that he is going to give me to do paint/bodywork with, and he said it needs 3 phase. He says it will cut my lightbill almost in half. I'm about to get a new central unit, and he told me to wait on that until we know if we can get the 3 phase.
Is he right? If I could get it changed, would I be better with 3 phase?