120v spindle on 240v vfd

[JRGt12 (Juan Guevara)]

Quick question.

Can a spindle rated for 120v be run off of a vfd that is 240 volts input?

[nwallace (Nick Wallace)]

I don’t believe so. Some VFD’s will let you control the output voltage though. Someone with more knowledge on this will have to give you better advice.

[tonytee (tony ter neuzen)]

Hi Juan,

I have been wondering the same thing, but i went for a stepdown transformer in front of the VFD.

I had some good feedback though from @LiamN and @Harpoz , in a topic that was not at all about this Maybe you find it useful (it’s somewhere halfway down)

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