Rewiring a 3 phase motor won't get it to start on single phase power. See when swapping in a single phase motor makes sense, the utility check to make first, and when to keep the motor and add a VFD or rotary phase converter.
In almost every US home, 240V is single phase, even with two hot wires. Here's when 240V is 3 phase, what "2 phase power" means, and what runs a 3 phase machine on household 240V.
Can a VFD run your 3 phase air compressor on single phase power? How big a motor single phase drives run, why compressors start hard, and when a converter fits.
