Re: Stacking Variacs - shaft material

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• Subject: Re: Stacking Variacs - shaft material
• From: "J. B. Weazle McCreath" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 07:12:18 -0700
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At 11:45 AM 08/02/00 -0700, you 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?
>
>Eric Forsman
>Baltimore
>
Hello Eric:

Go to any farm supply shop or co-op and get a fiberglass electric fence
post which just happen to be 3/8 inch in diameter.  They are strong, an
electrical insulator, and non-magnetic...just what you want.

>
>

73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL

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