3 Phase Rectifier

[LowGear]

I spotted this three phase rectifier / welder on EBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270361581622&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:us

How do you think this would work to rectify a 4 or 5 KW three phase generator so I can feed DC to a net metering inverter?

The shipping calculator looks goofy or scary but how would you get it to Seattle for Gordonsville?

Casey

[MacGyver]

It's probably only going to put out 30 - 40 Volts DC at best. Can your inverter live with that?

[MacGyver]

The shipping calculator looks goofy or scary but how would you get it to Seattle for Gordonsville?

I'll bet it weighs 300 lbs.
That's one of those old "moving iron" transformers that has a hand crank that moves the core up and down inside the windings (or moves one winding up and down the core) to adjust voltage.
Those things are pretty heavy.

 And I doubt that the transformers in those are particularly efficient...