Re: Variac

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>

     Excelent Find! I was bidding on a 240 in, 0-240 Out, 10A cont. 13A 
max, variac a while ago (and lost :-(  ) and It ended at $50! You stole that 
thing! 
      Most Variacs Have 3 connections: Hot, Neutral, and Wiper. You connect 
the mains hot and neutral to the hot and neutral on the variac. Then you 
connect the PSU neutral to the same neutral terminal, and the hot of your PSU 
to the wiper. Unless yours has a plug, then you're right, plug it in and go! 

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Jonathon Reinhart 
hometown.aol-dot-com/kidd6488/tesla 



>
> I just won the bidding on ebay for a 240v in 0-280v output 20amp variac. 
> Only 
> $36 although the shipping might be more than the cost. I just want to get a 
> little more info on it. Please tell me everything you guys can about this, 
> or 
> is it just plain plug in and connect wires to output? Another one on ebay 
> was 
> like 120 or 240 in but it could give 280 with 120 input. Will this one be 
> configurable like that? http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&; 
> item=1603172974 
>
> Mark