Q for the Electricians out there?

[luket]

Okay I'm one of the guys lucky enough to have a house with 3 phase wired up.

My fish tank room is still expanding and I'm looking at ways of reducing my power costs.

I heard from someone the other day that 3 phase is cheaper in terms of $$$ on your electricity bill.

So my idea was if I were to purchase a 240V -> 3 phase convertor and run all my heaters and pumps off that would I see any savings in $$$?

It's either that or I look into insulating my garage/fish tank room and get an A/C.

Are there any other more practical ways to tackle this?

Thanks

[Ozboc]

Okay I'm one of the guys lucky enough to have a house with 3 phase wired up.

My fish tank room is still expanding and I'm looking at ways of reducing my power costs.

I heard from someone the other day that 3 phase is cheaper in terms of $$$ on your electricity bill.

So my idea was if I were to purchase a 240V -> 3 phase convertor and run all my heaters and pumps off that would I see any savings in $$$?

It's either that or I look into insulating my garage/fish tank room and get an A/C.

Are there any other more practical ways to tackle this?

Thanks

HI there - there would be no benifit or cost saving for you to use 415 v for heating lighting and so forth - Firstly you would have trouble buying anything 415 v for a tank - and as far as a "415v" convertor - im guessing this would basically be a reducer via a neutral and one phase( which is back to 240 v - each phase is 240 v - between any of the 3 phases 415 v - 1 phase to earth 240 v) or even though an idoler motor to obtain a neutral if one is not available , once again reduction to 240 v - so basically unless you intend to do this on an industrial level - there would be no advantage to you ..

Boc