Original poster: "Mr Gregory Peters by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <s371034-at-student.uq.edu.au> Hello all, I seem to recall, (perhaps from my imagination) that it is possible to make a variac from a 3 phase motor. Is this true, how? Greg Peters Department of Earth Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia Phone: 0402 841 677 http://www.geocities-dot-com/gregjpeters