Re: variac

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• Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 00:09:28 -0600
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        Re: variac
  Date: 
        Tue, 18 Mar 1997 15:12:23 -0600 (CST)
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        c604313-at-showme.missouri.edu
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> Bert,
> 
> I have sucessfully ganged two 10 amp variacs in parallel for heavy neon
> sign
> transformer use.  Using power factor correction caps on the transformer
> primaries will help lower the current.
> 
> Ed Sonderman
> 
> 
Yeah Ed, I had thought of a paralleling variacs also, but then thought
simultanious adgustment of the variacs would be to tricky. Are your
variacs mechanically linked together or do you adjust them with both
hands?

Also, out of interest, what are the values of your PFC caps?

Thanks, 
-Bert S.

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