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Variac Repair
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From: HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com [SMTP:HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com]
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 1998 9:44 PM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Variac Repair
In a message dated 6/24/98 6:12:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:
> One of the "used" variacs I bought needed new brushes, so I contacted the
> manufacturer (believe it was Gen Radio..not sure now) I was pretty unhappy
> to learn that the new brushes were around $75?? eeeek! The variac still
> worked ok, but I thot they'd need replaced soon. I didn't wanna cough up
> the bucks, so I went to a local hardware store (Westlakes) and found that
> they had quite an assortment of "electrical motor brushes". I took the old
> brushes to compare size, and although none were an "exact" match, several
> of them were close enough to "custom file" to the right size. I haven't
> used them yet as the old ones are seeming to last forever, so I can't say
> for sure that they'll work...But for less than $10 a set (2) I thot it was
> worth a try. "parts is parts" ;o)
> Hope this helps
>
> kenC
>
I have LOTS of motor brushes that are easy to file down to any size you want
if anyone needs one.
jim heagy