Re: Variac setting (Was Rd: Rotaty popping)

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Variac setting (Was Rd: Rotaty popping)
• From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 10:40:17 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

> In a message dated 4/28/00 11:01:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
> 
> > 
> >  Bart,
> >  
> >  I measured my ballast variac last night.  It is made by Luxtrol, says 
> Light 
> >  Control on it, max 41.6 amps (says to fuse it at 50 amps).  It also
says 
> >  taper wound - which is odd, I don't see any taper to the core or the 
> >  windings.  It is however very non-linear.  The maximum inductance is
54 
> mh.  

Are you sure that isn't "tape wound"?  Referring to how the core is made,
from a long strip wound into a toroid.

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