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Re: Homebrew Variacs? (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:06:22 -0400
From: Thomas McGahee <tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Homebrew Variacs? (fwd)
What will you be using for the toroidal CORE?
Without the proper core you will NOT have a variac.
Fr. Tom McGahee
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> Subject: Homebrew Variacs? (fwd)
> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 12:17 AM
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> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 18:53:56 -0700
> From: Stefan Bishay <stefan00-at-gte-dot-net>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Homebrew Variacs?
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> Is it possible? I was thinking take a piece of 12" thickwall PVC pipe,
> about 6" long, wrap #10 enamel coated wire around it in the standard variac
> fashion, and machine up some kind of rotor/brush assembly. Would this
> work? Any special considerations? What kind of current will 10 AWG wire
> handle at 240v in that application?
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> Stefan Bishay - KC7SJC
> Seattle, WA
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