mystery variac

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Original poster: "Mr Gregory Peters by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <s371034-at-student.uq.edu.au>

Hey guys,

I found a variac at uni. It has no information written on it. The 
actual toroidal core is about 8" long, 6.5" diameter and 1.5" thick. It 
looks well constructed. Anyone got any idea roughly how much current 
this thing could possibly handle? I figure at least 15 amps.

Cheers,


Greg Peters, BSc (Geology) (Hons)
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Queensland

Phone: 0402 841 677