Re: Ganging 1256D's (Variacs)

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Subject: Re: Ganging 1256D's (Variacs)


> Original poster: "R.E.Burnett by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> You could always use more than one ballast to share the load current
> between several variacs. This is what Alan Sharp did last year to allow
> his big coil to be run from three dissimilar variacs.  The wiper positions
> don't even need to be matched particularly well.  This method also shared
> the heavy running current between three standard 13A outlets.

Now there's an interesting idea.... Probably illegal as all get out, but
very intriguing. I wonder if you could rig something up that also does the
switching appropriately so you never wind up with a male plug with voltage
on it (as you do with the pair of 110 circuits to make 220 that many
(including myself) have resorted to on occasion....)

With the right circuitry, it might not even be illegal.....