At 10:33 PM 2/10/04, you wrote:
>Can a 3 phase induction motor be used as a generator?
>
>If so has anyone got links for such a project?


Here's a guy who worked with some single phase motors
http://www.qsl.net/ns8o/Induction_Generator.html

A forum discussing that topic
http://www.fighting.org/discus/messages/441/704.html

An interesting commercial application
http://www.inverpower.com/library/UPS_Jan21.pdf

That should get you started.

Scott

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