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Phase converter

Okay, so imagine you have two toys that you want to play with at the same time, but they need to be plugged into different walls in your room. That's kind of like what happens with big machines in factories. Some machines run on three different types of electricity, called "phases," but there's usually only one type of electricity coming into the building from the power company. So, a phase converter is like a special toy that helps make the electricity work for those machines that need more than one type. It takes the regular electricity coming into the building and changes it into the types of electricity the machines need to work properly. That way, everything can run smoothly and the factory can make lots of cool things for people to use!
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