3 phase motors don’t require capacitors to get the rotor to spin, since multiple alternating phases do the trick - not so with single phase…Voltage sag is the result of the difficulty ‘single phase’ has to motivate the rotor to spin…Adding an autoformer may help to slightly boost the voltage (which may help preserve the windings), but doesn’t alter this hard single phase dynamic…Consider too that a quarter of a second response time still equates to about 15 full AC wave cycles, which is like running molasses compared to a fast acting capacitor or a MicroAir soft start device, which nowadays are a common upgrade in the HVAC industry, even including now capacitor free blower motors - check your blower motor…
Besides high cost, this is why we don’t see sluggish autoformers featured on single phase motors…JMO
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