2017 - Volume #BFS, Issue #17, Page #09
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Low-Cost 3-Phase Power
Gentec American Rotary’s phase converters supply 3-phase power without 3-phase service or cost. Motors wired for 3-phase power, run smoother, draw less power and last longer than single-phase motors, but retrofitting 3-phase service is costly.
  “A primary benefit of our converters is that we use VIT generators instead of a 3-phase motor,” says Christopher Feavel Business Development Manager, Gentec American Rotary. “We provide a true soft-start application and require only a third the starting power of others. We also use a patented microstart controller that provides precise control and monitors voltage every 50 milliseconds. It offers fail-safe features unavailable with other converters. They prolong the life of the phase converter and the equipment it powers.”
  Rotary phase converters can be an economical alternative, whether for a single irrigation pump or one or more 3-phase motors in a shop.
  “Our phase converters are often packaged with 3-phase equipment by the manufacturer or as part of an OEM application,” says Feavel. “Irrigation equipment companies may build in a phase converter so the equipment can be used with either single or 3-phase power. We also have customers who simply got great deals on 3-phase equipment.”
  Gentec American Rotary offers a wide variety of phase converters from the AR line for home hobbyists and small businesses to the newly introduced AI industrial line. Converter models AR, AD, and ADX range in price from $349 to $5,500.
  “Our new AI industrial line is rain, dust and snow proof,” says Feavel. “It operates in temperatures from minus 50 degrees to 120 degrees. It has dust filters, a sun shield, rodent screens, and comes with automated and wireless control options.”
  Sizes in the AI line range from 3 hp to 600 hp and start at $999. In all lines, final price depends on upgrades and accessories, such as wireless remote start, internal breakers and delay on/delay off timers.
  Gentec American Rotary sells only American-made equipment and offers an extensive warranty and 24/7 customer support and sales.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gentec American Rotary, N59 W16600 Greenway Circle, Menomonee Falls, Wis. 53051 (ph 262 402-6400; toll free 888 743-6832; info@americanrotary.com; www.americanrotary.com).



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