Re: Stacking Variacs - shaft material

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Subject: Re: Stacking Variacs - shaft material
From: Luc <ludev-at-videotron.ca> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 19:57:25 -0700
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Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Eric Leighton <ELeighton-at-portdiscovery-dot-org>
>
> I want to stack the two 10A variacs I have, and want to know what material
> the shared shaft has to be.  The original shaft is 3/8" aluminum, and I have
> some 3/8" stainless tubing that I think will work, as long as it doesn't
> have to be aluminum.  I figured that plain old (magnetic) steel might not be
> so good for a shaft that goes through the core, no?
>
> I'll ask about the choke I'll need for ganging these later, after I've
> reviewed what I found in the archives.
>
> Eric Forsman
> Baltimore

No probleme with steel when i buy mine they are link with asteel shaft and any
way the magnetic flux ciculate inside the core.

Luc Benard