It depends who's asking, and what the application is, but generally speaking the answer is no. Most inverter drives are designed for use with three phase motors.
I like to drive a small (150W) single phase induction motor by an existing three phase inverter by removing the capacitor and just connecting the two windings to the inverter in an incomplete triangle circuit. I've done that with very small (15W) motors before, which run well, despite a little bit more noisey at low frequencys.
Does a single phase inverter increase power?
The three phases are measured separately, and it is allowed that the three phases are different. Therefore, if the power of one phase increases, it will not affect the other two phases. When a single-phase inverter is connected to the power grid, two issues should be noted.
If you just want to drive the motor, I think it might be easier to use one of the 3 phase legs from your inverter to drive the single-phase motor without modification. Obviously, check the voltage first. Some larger motors only use the capacitor for starting.
If there is already a three-phase power grid, the single-phase inverter only needs to be connected to 1 phase wire (i.e., live wire), 1 neutral wire, and 1 ground wire. Therefore, there is no electrical problem. 2. There is no problem with the measurement using a three-phase four-wire electric meter.
There is a reason some devices work with 3 phase current they simply have 3 loads!However it is not possible to power a single phase device from a 3 phase current unless you use only 1 phase of the 3 phase current or 2 phases using a delta configuration.
If you try to connect a single phase motor to a 3 phase terminal no current will flow through the neutral therefore the motor won't rotate if you use Y configuration. So you must use Delta configuration. However I am trying to see how current will not go through immediately from one pole to another...