NATE379 said:
Well like my brother says (who is also an engineer)... Engineers are just overpaid idiots! I didn't need to go to school to figure out how to do wiring or how motors work.
I'm not sure where your 220 and 110 come from, those are European standards. In the US it is 240v and 120v.
That blower is made for in a commercial kitchen which would have 240v for most of the stuff if not 480v 3 phase.
I didn't need to go to school to figure out the basics either. Geeze I made my own dc motor out of tin, coated wire, 2 magnets, a nail, and a battery when I was 7. I could probably tell you more about motors than you could me, and electrical engineering isn't even my major.
Overpaid idiots? Seems to me that you're taking a pretty big leap there. You have no clue what engineers really do if you think they're overpaid idiots. And if your brother thinks he is an overpaid idiot then maybe he should get a new job because he obviously doesn't feel that he has much self-worth. I happen to have a very gratifying job; my job saves thousands of our soldier's lives every year.
On the voltage figures maybe you should learn a bit more about electricity before you go insulting people. 120/240 is the nominal transformer voltage but you're getting close to 110/220 at the receptacle.
"nominal voltage in USA is defined in the following manner:
* 120 volts is the voltage at the transformer
* 115 volts is the voltage at the panel (voltage drop losses in the cable from the transformer to the panel)
* 110 volts is the voltage at the receptacle (voltage drop losses in the cable from the panel to the receptacle) "
With all that said... you're stilling missing the entire point of my first post. The op was asking about a blower, somebody mistakenly (albeit a simple mistake) pointed him to a blower that wasn't going to be very easy to use in his application. I simply pointed out that it probably wouldn't work very well for the OP's purpose unless he was in Europe where 230 VAC 50 hz is the common power source and therefore he would easily be able to get that power to his stove blower.
I don't care if the blower was meant to be used in the freaking space shuttle, it was suggested for use as a blower on a stove and it's just not going to be practical for that use. Saying that it's supposed to be used for something else doesn't mean a thing regarding it's suggested use and it doesn't add anything to the thread. The point is that the OP likely doesn't have 230 vac 50 hz or 220 vac 60 hz power near his stove and it's not worth the hassle to route that power to his stove; it would defeat the purpose of trying to save money by purchasing that motor.
And why would you even bring up a commercial kitchen? What does a commercial kitchen have to do with adding a blower to a stove? And why do we care if that commercial kitchen has 480 V 3-phase? Does bring this up magically get that power source to his stove?
Do you see my point now?
