Re: Motor driven variac (fwd)

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Subject: Re: Motor driven variac (fwd)
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 08:34:36 -0600
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Subject: 
        Re: Motor driven variac (fwd)
  Date: 
        Thu, 20 Mar 1997 01:24:23 -0500 (EST)
  From: 
        richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
    To: 
        Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


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>
>That's not quite highway robbery, particularly if you're looking at new
>variacs, but it's nowhere near a good price if you're a hamfest regular.
>When you find them, you can generally pick up 30A, 220V variacs (7.8kVA)
>for anywhere from $50 to $150, depending on the condition and how proud
>the seller is of their boat anchor.  IMHO the motor drive would not be
>worth a hill of beans on a Tesla coil either - give me a hand wheel any
>day.
>
>Steve Roys.
>
>Steve is correct on this!  The motor moves far to slow to be of any use in
an emergency and just complicates the thing more.  I have several
motorized
units and never will use them until I rip off the XX-at-#% motor!

Richard Hull, TCBOR