Re: Home Made Variac

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Home Made Variac
From: "Michael Novak" <Acmnovak-at-execpc-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 16:52:45 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Everyone-

   Alright, alright... I get the point now. Making a variac wasn't such a
good idea but an idea none the less. It's not that easy to find variacs
around here, I live in a small town in Wisconsin and I wouldn't be able to
buy one on my budget. Thank you to those who contributed formulas and other
advice...
                                    -Michael


BTW - I meant "wrapped" not coated with mica...
----- Original Message -----
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To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: Home Made Variac


> Original Poster: Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com
>
> In a message dated 2/6/00 2:21:21 AM Central Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> << Use a long, solid metal bar coated with mica (not that hard to find) >>
>
> Michael,
> Huh? how do you coat something with mica?
>
> Also, I would respectfully suggest that you forget about building a
variac. A
> ten or 15 Amp
> variac is an essential tool for anyone playing with electricity. I would
> expect to pay around $150. Even pricey Newark had a nice one on sale just
> recently. I mounted my variac
> in a wooden box with AC volt and ammeters. Cheap ones like the kind you
can
> get from
> Marlin Jones or Radio Schlok. I also have it fused. :-))
>
> Cheers,
> Ralph Zekelman
>
>