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Re: Home Made Variac
aren't there a lot of farms and stuff around you? where does all the dead
farm machinery end up (milking machines and so on) - search through old dead
machinery and see what you find - a month or two ago I walked by some
homeless folks here breaking apart an old commercial projector with a sledge
for scrap metal - there was at least 8 variacs, but they had broken them all
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Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: Home Made Variac
> Original Poster: "Michael Novak" <Acmnovak-at-execpc-dot-com>
>
> 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...
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> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2000 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Home Made Variac
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> > 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
> >
> >
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