Proto Himbo EuropeanMar 1

Big Edit: Solved! Thanks to everyone who helped me with critical information about this very little thing that doesn't affect any of you in a direct way. I am very grateful.

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Question for #electronics people, #engineer people, etc.: What are these used for?
These are labeled (FB marketplace pic) as Woods XFC-2001 0B micro-inverters. What kinds of applications do they have?

Edit: The internet search engines are eager to tell me what the brand and model of these are (which I already know), but I'm coming up short trying to find what they're used for.

Edit 2: Welp, since somebody has 4 of them for sale, $10 each, half an hour from my house, I guess I'll own four of them if all goes well :)

Edit 3: Guess who's got two thumbs (currently) and four micro-inverter VFDs! This guy!

#question #whatfor

Show threadBill Plein🌶Mar 1
@guyjantic Thy are used to start and power AC motors. https://www.artisantg.com/info/TB_Woods_XFC2000_5A_Datasheet_2019716121538.pdf
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@bplein Oh, it's simpler than I thought! I saw another (possibly not same brand?) data sheet and it had lots of tech details but in my scanning I was not seeing anything about powering motors. I'm guessing this is maybe a hardcore, industrial version of the PWM controllers I've used on a couple of Raspberry Pi projects (though apparently for AC not DC motors).
Show threadBill Plein🌶Mar 1
@guyjantic Similar concept. Think industrial motors. I was looking through this datasheet and saw they are tunable across a wide variety of frequencies. Cool stuff.
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@bplein I have some large(ish) AC motors (e.g., 0.5 - 2 HP), so I'm hoping I can use these. If not... I'll need to get new motors. And a reason to have them. :)
Mar 1 at 11:43pmWeb
Show threadBill Plein🌶Mar 2
@guyjantic 🤣