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2011 - Volume #35, Issue #5, Page #31

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Company Offers "Turn Key" Phase Converter Service

If you need a converter to produce 3-phase power from a single phase line, you’ll be interested in the “turn key” service offered by Remco Electrical Mfg. of Grandville, Mich. The company calls itself “the phase converter people”.
  “We deal with farmers all the time and they can’t get over how easy we make it for them to convert single phase into 3-phase industrial strength power. We haven’t found anything yet that was too complicated to provide a turn key system,” says Steven Maki. “A lot of our business is ag-related, powering irrigation rigs, grain dryers, and elevator legs. We consider ourselves the Cadillac of the phase converter industry. None of our competitors puts together as nice of a package as we do.”
  According to Maki, 3-phase motors cost about half as much as single phase motors, and are considered more reliable, too, with fewer parts to fail. The only catch is getting 3-phase power to your farm, because utilities charge a lot to bring in a 3-phase line. “Buying a converter is a much less expensive route,” he says.
  He says their systems are built as simple as they can be made, and with the smallest number of moving parts. “The more stuff inside a panel, the more that can go wrong with it. We follow the ‘keep it simple’ rule to provide the best phase converters on the market.”
  Service is a big part of their business. “We answer our phones almost as much as we get work done, answering questions on problems farmers are having with old systems,” says Maki. “For example, a farmer recently called to say lightning had struck a center pivot irrigation system and shorted out some electric lines. When he turned on the phase converter he ended up shorting it out. However, in one day we were able to install a brand new system and get the system running again.
  “Some of our competitors send you a panel and then call a motor manufacturer and send you the motor from another location. We bring all the equipment needed to your farm. And when we build a panel we build it strictly for that motor, so you don’t have to worry about putting all the parts together. You can just turn the system on and it’s ready to go.”
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Steven Maki, Remco Electrical Mfg., 2879 Sanford S.W., Grandville, Mich. 49418 (ph 800 268-2624; maki.steven@gmail.com; www.phaseconverterspecialist.com).

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Company Offers Turn Key Phase Converter Service ENERGY Miscellaneous If you need a converter to produce 3-phase power from a single phase line you’ll be interested in the “turn key” service offered by Remco Electrical Mfg of Grandville Mich The company calls itself “the phase converter people” “We deal with farmers all the time and they can’t get over how easy we make it for them to convert single phase into 3-phase industrial strength power We haven’t found anything yet that was too complicated to provide a turn key system ” says Steven Maki “A lot of our business is ag-related powering irrigation rigs grain dryers and elevator legs We consider ourselves the Cadillac of the phase converter industry None of our competitors puts together as nice of a package as we do ” According to Maki 3-phase motors cost about half as much as single phase motors and are considered more reliable too with fewer parts to fail The only catch is getting 3-phase power to your farm because utilities charge a lot to bring in a 3-phase line “Buying a converter is a much less expensive route ” he says He says their systems are built as simple as they can be made and with the smallest number of moving parts “The more stuff inside a panel the more that can go wrong with it We follow the ‘keep it simple’ rule to provide the best phase converters on the market ” Service is a big part of their business “We answer our phones almost as much as we get work done answering questions on problems farmers are having with old systems ” says Maki “For example a farmer recently called to say lightning had struck a center pivot irrigation system and shorted out some electric lines When he turned on the phase converter he ended up shorting it out However in one day we were able to install a brand new system and get the system running again “Some of our competitors send you a panel and then call a motor manufacturer and send you the motor from another location We bring all the equipment needed to your farm And when we build a panel we build it strictly for that motor so you don’t have to worry about putting all the parts together You can just turn the system on and it’s ready to go ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Steven Maki Remco Electrical Mfg 2879 Sanford S W Grandville Mich 49418 ph 800 268-2624; maki steven@gmail com; www phaseconverterspecialist com

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