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    Running a DOL starter from a VFD

    Do I see this correctly? A single phase driving a VFD to 3 phase motor? You have to have a VFD that is twice the size of the motor to do this, or it will trip. Best to do it correctly like the previous post.
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    Why not using a Synchronous Machine as a Dynamometer?

    If you mean using a sync motor as a load; yes, that can be done. I used to do that all the time in my test lab. I used servomotors for this since the company I worked made servomotors we had lots of extras. Connect the motor leads to a 3 phase variac, take the output of the variac to the...

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