Re: sequencing variacs, pfc caps,and inductors...

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: sequencing variacs, pfc caps,and inductors...
From: "Paul Eugene Kidwell" <tmb-at-ieee-dot-org> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 17:28:01 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

OH, so *you're* the one that drove the price up to $265 :)

I was bidding on that 28 amp unit for a while, I was planning on getting
it myself, but had to settle for the 9 amp 240V (I got it for $72.20
including shipping, the seller listed it under "powerstat" and never
used the word "variac" in the discription :)

Have fun!
(I know I will :)
Paul

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: Bunnykiller <bigfoo39-at-idt-dot-net>
> 
> Hi all...
> 
> I went nuts on E-Bay and bought up all the big Variacs today ...
> 
> ended up with a huge 240V 28 amp unit , a dual 120v 25amp tandem, a
> suprize box with an unknown ( the writing on the box said 30 amp) 120v
> unit and i still have a bid on a 120V 20 amp unit
> 
> through experimentation i have found that using pfc's drop the amperage
> before the caps and the amps go back to a higher value after the caps
> 
> im thinking the obvious thing to do is place the Variac in line first
> then the pfc cap but...  since i need current limiting for the pig   do
> i place the inductors after the caps or before them ?
> 
> so  which is the best way ??
> 
> 220V --> variac--> caps --> inductors --> pig  ?   or
> 220V --> variac--> inductors --> caps --> pig  ?
> 
> Scot D    ( happy i paid too much taxes this year)