Can a 3 phase motor run on less?
I have a washing machine that uses 1 phase through a "phase converter" to run a 3 phase motor. It has mofets and a controller which I imagine is used to create the phases and I'm wondering if one of the fets is "bad"(or weak) that it could still somehow allow the motor to turn(Even if only very slow).
I'm asking this because I don't want to have to check all the fets(because they are hard to get to and require desoldering) but I know the motor "works" at least somewhat(but somewhere there is a problem. i.e., the motor does spin a little on one of the cycles but when it is suppose to rev up for the spin-cycle it doesn't and throws and error and the motor speed.