Static phase converters for creating 3 phase in home studio?

amg731 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:33 pm

My wife and I have started the construction of our house which will include a recording studio. The area for the studio will have it's own dedicated HVAC. I'm interested in the possibility of running a 3 phase electrical system for the studio power. I guess my big question is how and is a phase converter part of the setup.

Our ideal setup would be to keep the studio it's own entity, HVAC and power wise to maintain the cleanest signal and steady power.

Thanks for all direction

IMS

knightfly · **Posted:** Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:26 pm

LeRoy, welcome; I guess my first question would be just how much power you think you'll need - is this to be a "project" size studio, or will it be multiple control rooms/live rooms, etc? I ask because there is no inexpensive way I'm aware of to get 3-phase power - converting single-phase requires either a motor/generator set or an expensive solid-state system with equally expensive transformer.

If you're lucky enough to be located in an industrial area there may be utility-generated 3-phase already available - if not, most power companies want a few thousand $$ to run 3-phase (depending on how close to you they already have it available) and a guarantee of x amount of usage per month.

If this is to be a business and you can show that only qualified individuals will be using it, single phase power running a balanced power system may work better for you. There is a lot of info available on this here

http://www.equitech.com/support/support.html

Maybe you could give us an idea of the load you'll be running (types and amount of gear) and why you think 3-phase power is necessary - I'm not trying to talk you out of it, just trying to help you budget wisely. The difference in cost could buy you a few boutique pre's or a vintage Neumann or two... Steve

amg731 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:55 am

Knightfly thanks for the reply, your right about watching the budget. I liked the idea of everything on it's own line as described in the 3 phase artcle. The studio will consist of a control room, 2 iso rooms and a vocal booth. We will be recording full bands at times as well as the usual vocal overdub.

Right now my studio exists in the garage and I know the pitfalls of sharing power with the rest of the house. I guess I'm trying to see how to get the cleanest power to the studio and since we have the flexibility of this being a new build, I just wanted to do it right. With out having to spend a small fortune.

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