Re: Overrating a Variac

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

In a message dated 10/29/01 6:20:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes: 


>
> Hi all, 
>
> I have a 10A variac and I have a 20A variac bruch that I picked up off a 
> friend. Provided that it physically fits in the old variac, does this mean 
> that I will be able to overrate the variac by more than usual?? 
>
> thanks 
> Jason 



Hi Jason, 
Assuming that "bruch" is a typo for "brush", then probably not. The current
limit is determined 99+% by the size of the wire and the size of the core. 
Matt D.