Like most of you guys, I have seen some of the tantalizingly cheap deals on awesome powerful and manly 380v industrial spindle motors and had to pass them up because there was no cost effective of powering them at home or in a small shop.

I bet I am not the only one who searched without joy or success for an affordable step up transformer to convert 220 to 380v or 460v. I only ever found devices that did the opposite this side of a $1,000.

I came across plenty of VFDs which converted 110v to 220v and allowed 1ph in with 3ph out and thought, why can't someone make one with 220v in and 380v out? The 380v devices use less amps so there was little difference anyway. But... there was nothing.... until today..... when I came across this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/11KW-15HP-3...gcAAOSwdSRaF99

Could this be the answer? Can we finally starting digging in the grown-ups bargain bin?