Guys thanks for all the help. I’m going to see if I can get a friend to come over and see if we can get this thing going here soon. If he sees something wrong or it doesn’t power up like it should I will probably go ahead and put together a RPC since it would be nearly free since I got all the motors for free.
The two 3ph motors are Baldors my Grandad had as spares when he owned the grain elevator here in town. They’re brand new but he sold the elevator in 79 or 80 so they’ve been sitting a while. They don’t go bad, do they?
If they have been setting that long spin them by hand and listen to the bearings for noise. They can just set there and rust all to hell.
I'd get the motors in a very dry environment for an extended period of time, again due to possible dampness in the windings. 40 years of sitting around could have resulted in the windings getting damp and just corroding away.
Have the faith in the VFD, you'll be way ahead if it works out and at this point I don't see any real reason it shouldn't.
