In 2008 I was publicizing information on running three phase motors on single phase power. At that time I had a 3 dvd set that I sold. This was real information with a lot of new ideas and practical how to's. I showed how to make your own transformers and modify commercial ones. How to balance the motors and build a transformer converter.
I have put all that information in a book which is sold on Amazon under the Unique3phase name.
The You Tube channel was use to promote the information I was selling.
Now I am older and have to downsize. So I decided to give an air compressor to Stephen Cox's channel. I don't need it any more and this is a good way to have it go to a good home. And get some publicity.
Depending on how this goes I may just give away more three phase items. It all depends on the reaction of people and how expensive it is. But it is turning into a fun thing. Helping someone else is always a good thing.
Excellent method. I tried this method a few months ago on a 4'x10' floor going from 2" to nothing. Worked great. No problems or issues at all. I was very generous with the water though. I used a very fine mist on a water hose and soaked it all the way evenly till the sand mix was totally soaked and stopped adding water when the mix started to have a thin layer of water in some areas. This was in a closet. Will be doing the rest of the area 10'x16' then laying laminate flooring. 😃Great method for a 1 man show...
I used Type N motar Mix, and It worked amazing. It formed a satin smooth finish. It is very easy to work with and cheap. I've had it in a room now for 8 years and never cracked. I walk on it every day
Thanks for the video. I build a 3 phase a converter to drive my 10HP compressor motor few years ago but I wire the motor to run a 220 v and I had to add a capcitor with a time delay to be able to start it. But when I look your video, I think I need to review this project. I went with 220 v becaue of the capacitors.
So cement needs to bee mixed right. Thats why they have cement mixers right? Maybe this guy is super confident about his cement work but i feel like most people this would not work out. It looks like its very thin in places as well. Im not even understanding the sdvantage of it being dry? He could have just done all that with mixed cement a chunk at a time with an old basin or something. Just put you levels down eith string first too cos you need to know as you go along where youre bringing it up to. Set strings or lazers if you have em.this is baffling me.
Wow, this has been on RU-vid for 2 years? I thought they would ban misinformation videos. This video has probably cost people so much time, material, and mess. This video is very harmful and incorrect. Please do not try this at home or in anyone you care abouts home. This is all wrong!
I knew i had seen a dry pour somewhere on youtube before this whole craze went up. Congrats man. My dad actually did a dry pur in our driveway when i was a kid in the 90's.
I tied this. I followed this video exactly. It is horribly dusty and messy. I thought it was going well. I kept referring back to the video. I noticed some of the bags I bought had little rocks in them (way too many) I had to sift them causing more dust. In the end, there were just as many if not more differences in high to low spots than when I began. Not only that. It's horribly weak and often crumbles if you accidentally walk on it. I understand I may have done something wrong but I followed this and even used concrete adhesive. I just don't think it's the answer unless you extremely patient and enjoy trial and error.... and dust... there are large self leveling systems at floor and decor. Use that. Using that at the moment and it's perfect. For lft use the large leveling clips
You didn't do anything "wrong" besides following this video which is exactly what not to do. Sand topping mix (or deck mud which is almost the same called) is a weak and brittle underlayment for tile. it is meant to be laid between 1 and 2 inches thick. It is also meant to be mixed thoroughly and correctly, and compacted as you screed. It should also be laid over metal lath. It should not be laid dry and sprayed down with water like this. Even if water does make it all the way through, it will just be like brittle cookie dough (even more than its expected brittleness when done correctly). For reference, sand topping mix is just a small amount of cement mixed with a LOT of uniform sand. Concrete is sand, random rocks, and about 3x more more cement. Self levelling compounds are cements (usually more than one), sands, acrylic glues, and several other mystery ingredients that allow them to flow, bond to the old floor and not fall apart when spread only a few mm thick. The 3 things do completely different jobs and cant really be substituted for each other.
So you watched a video on you tobe of some random guy and you just copied him without doing any research or anything? If the mix had rocks? In it it could have got damp already and clumped and that would mean your mix was too old or not stored properly. I hate working with cement mixes they are really hard to get right if you dont know what youre doing and to undo is a nightmare. I will only work with lime because lime is forgiving if you mess up you can easily remove it. Also i am just a housewife here..if i was levelling my floors i would have levelling string all over the place to keep me right levlling is not easy peasy drag a straight edge over it and youll be grand ..if youre working alone you need a grid of some sort to keep you right section by section. And attempting an entire floor this size at once alone would be in my opinion kinda crazy. Id have built a reasonable sized wooden grid and levelled that above my line first and then fill in section at a time to see how it went in a small area let that set. Also id use at least pva to prime the old cement and wet down the old cement first because how would it bond to the old cement without something to bond the layers together? Maybe its fine for this guy cos he has a floor on top ..hes not bothered if it dusts or not. I just think cement work is a skillfull type of work and if you dont know what youre doing following a random video online is insane. Nobody would recomend this as a levelling technique .thus is experimental. And if youre super confident of experimenting great but even then dont do the entire floor in one sweep and expect there to be no problems with the epxeriement. 😂
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I appreciate your videos sir. Wealth of knowledge. I have somewhat of an understanding of 3 phase power. I own two IR compressors and I would like to obtain your resources and expertise on VFD or the rotary phase situation. Do you have an email or website?
Interesting- I’m going to try something similar, but will apply a bonding agent prior to application. Also will work it like a concrete slab and polish it up with straight Portland cement as it cures to make it shiny smooth!
Looks good and I had the same issues with self leveler. I'm looking to do the same thing on my basement cement floor. How is it holding up? Can I put peel and stick tiles directly over the Sand Topping Mix?
I did this on my basement floor. Ended up using self leveling underlayment on top of it. Didn't need much after this method though. Holds up well and should work with tile on top.
Bought the book. I have questions on connecting converter to main single phase and how I connect to get 230v out 3 times. Pics aren’t that clear to me. I need to run a Quincy air compressor that has a 30hp 3 phase motor. It’s for my garage on my ranch. I understand electricity but I’ve never made my own converter or made my own 3 phase. Can you help?
On your single phase transformer follow diagram for 240v (for example my trans it is H1 to H7 (line 1) and H10 to H4 (line 2) this gives voltage of 120v or 240v on the secondary side depending on how you connect the X wires together. (On my trans I connect X2 to X4 (120v) and then connect it DIRECT to H1 to H7 which in turn gives me the 360v on the X1 to x3 aka Line 3 to caps. Follow diagram and test with multimeter and transformers are all not the same but the few I’ve done were similar.
The REL is like the ZERO button on other clamp meters. Works as i would expect it to. You were just using it wrong because you have to calibrate just before you clamp the meter on. Drift in DC current mode is normal on other clamp meters as well.
Thanks for that. I was having the same problems but this now makes sense. I will try again today and see if I get results that make sense as well. I kept wondering how to zero the thing out. BTW the PeakHold (brand) meters are exactly the same I have the PH-570C (without the blue tooth). The PeakHold website doesn't even list the model.
Hi thanks for your demo, may i know if want to build single phase to three phase converter for 10 hp motor. Is it possible to run 10 hp by using this method
