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Re: [Fwd: High power Variacs]
From: Mike Harrison[SMTP:wwl-at-netcomuk.co.uk]
Reply To: wwl-at-netcomuk.co.uk
Sent: Friday, January 02, 1998 4:10 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: [Fwd: High power Variacs]
On Thu, 1 Jan 1998 12:00:11 -0600, you wrote:
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>From: Steve Rodway[SMTP:Legion-at-bigfoot-dot-com]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 1997 7:53 AM
>To: Tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: [Fwd: High power Variacs]
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> I've got a 16Kw pole pig, and I'm looking for a variac to control it at full
>power (64A, 240V) anyone got any ideas where I could get one? (In the UK).
> Thanks
> Steve Rodway
If money isn't problem, a company called Service Trading in Chiswick
(0181 995 1560) do a 10KVA (45A) variac for #300 - you could gang a
couple of these in parallel, on a common shaft or with bike sprocket
wheels/chain.
Another possibility might be to wind a tapped autotransformer, so you
adjust power by tap changing. Maybe you could cannibalise a big welder
- remove the secondary and add taps to the primary.
Another possibility might be to use a quantity of low-voltage mains
transformers, say, 12v battery starter/charger transformers with
primaries in parallel and secondaries in series, providing several
taps.
I doubt any solution will be cheap, as the metal alone in any
'surplus' solution will have a significant scrap value!
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